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By Kerry Botha PR, 02.02.10 | Comments
Gold and Platinum 46664 Bangles – a sound investment in the Nelson Mandela legacy and the fight against Social Injustice
Johannesburg, 02 February 2010 - With gold bullion near records highs and platinum nudging $1,500 an ounce, it’s an excellent time to be investing in the limited edition gold, silver and platinum bangles linked to one of the world’s premier icons and social justice campaigns, known as the 46664 bangle initiative.
Inspired by Nelson Mandela’s prison number for the 27 years he spent in prison, they offer a unique dual opportunity for investors to profit from the rise in precious metals and the rarity value of being linked to one of the world’s most highly regarded people, Nelson Mandela.
A percentage of the proceeds from the bangle sales go towards the 46664 campaign while the balance goes to create employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for historically disadvantaged South Africans through the manufacturing of both the bangles and the boxes in which they are packaged, apart from the fact that they create global HIV/AIDS awareness via the wearer.
“The 46664 Bangles are engraved with Nelson Mandela’s historic prison number, making them more than a mere fashion statement, but also an affirmation of responsibility and a genuine investment article,” said Robert Coutts, CEO of the 46664 Bangle initiatives.
Collectors’ items have long been recognised as a good way for private investors to turn a profit in uncertain financial markets, such as those that exist today. Bullion coins - allow private investors of all budgets to buy gold and benefit from its capital growth and ability to hedge against inflation and the depreciation of paper currencies making Investments based on gold, solid because it is the only primary asset that is not someone else's liability.
But, the 46664 Bangle is worth a lot more than the materials from which it is made – the bangle is part of a broader program that serves as a fundraising initiative. The Limited Edition collectors’ items include 90 platinum bangles, 90 of the 24-carat gold bangles and 466 18-carat gold bangles. The Bangles were made in celebration of Mr Mandela’s 90th Birthday in 2008 and serve as a small physical testimony to his humanitarian legacy.
Buying a 46664 Bangle is one of those rare investment anomalies where giving truly translates into receiving. The 46664 Bangles are available in two sizes platinum, gold and silver respectively- all purchased from fair trade suppliers. All bangles are engraved with a unique serial number and owners are able to go online to register their bangles and will find information on how their purchase is impacting society through the work of the 46664 campaign. There is also online information about the activities of the 46664 campaign at www.46664.com/bangle.
The 46664 bangle has two major benefits, viz. the intrinsic value of the metal (gold or platinum) and the value of a collector’s item associated with the Mandela legacy and the 46664 humanitarian campaigns. The scarcity of platinum coupled with the rarity of the platinum bangle as a collector’s item account for the somewhat steep price point. However, its value will increase exponentially over time and more than recoup the initial outlay – both as a financial and as a philanthropic investment.
For the seriously affluent, “bespoke” 46664 Bangles can be crafted to meet individual tastes, such as having the bangle wearer’s name spelt out in diamonds.
At a gala dinner in London to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday in 2008, an investor bid £320 000 for a platinum 46664 Bangle encrusted with 236 diamonds. This clearly demonstrates the investment potential of these special bangles, along with their historic and humanitarian value.
The 46664 Bangles price range is from R69.99 for MyCopper; ranging from R189.00 to R220.00 for copper; R1, 995.00 for silver; R65, 778.00 for 18-carat gold and R73, 468.00 for 24-carat gold and R135, 660.00 for platinum.
The MyCopper bangles, along with the shiny copper, silver, gold and platinum 46664 Bangles can be purchased from the 46664 website www.46664.com/bangle or at various retailers around South Africa. Go to http://bangles.46664.com/website/content/retailers.php to find a retailer near you, or phone the call centre: +27 (0) 860 9 46664.
To download images of the 46664 Bangles and images of local and international celebrities wearing the bangles please visit:
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About 46664 Bangle:
The 46664 Bangle project aims to raise $130 million over 12 years via the sale of 2,5 million silver bangles, or combinations of gold, silver, platinum and copper to the same value. During this process, this social enterprise aims to create more than 4000 job opportunities (and stories of hope), while contributing funds to the 46664 campaign of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Most of all, the bangles themselves will spread the 46664 HIV prevention messages and messages of hope to more than 25 million people. Coincidentally, this is also approximately the number of people who have died from AIDS to date.
Uniquely serialised, the Bangles can be registered by the owners who receive a certificate of thanks, while reflecting their message to the world on the 46664 Bangle website’s “Show of Hands” page for all to see.
The Bangle is also being used as a means for schools to create funds for their social justice projects via the Bangle Schools Program around the world, by engaging school children in the sale of bangles in their communities. In this way they also spread the Mandela Day message to youth around the world.
The 46664 Bangle Initiative is hugely impactful in delivering messages of hope and responsibility, and is intricate in its operation yet simple in its ability to reach across the globe to engage people in finding solutions to social problems. It urges us all to become active participants of positive change through 46664’s philosophy of “it’s in our hands”.
With social responsibility becoming the fashionable “new black”, the 46664 Bangle calls on everyone to show the world that responsibility is not a burden, it’s a gift!
The 46664 Bangle Initiative is more than a fashion statement; it is an affirmation of responsibility and our chance to create a world in which we would want future generations to live. It reminds us that the Mandela Day vision of a global movement for good started with one man’s long walk to freedom.
About 46664:
46664 is the global awareness campaign that bears Nelson Mandela’s prison number. It was originally launched to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, and continues to work in the area of HIV prevention – especially in South Africa. Working alongside the other Mandela organisations, 46664 is now expanding its focus to champion Mr. Mandela’s broader humanitarian work. Nelson Mandela was assigned the number 466 when he was imprisoned on Robben Island in 1964. To date, Nelson Mandela has spent 67 years fighting for human rights. This year, 46664 spearheaded an international Mandela Day to create a global movement for good. This annual campaign calls upon people everywhere to do community service and to help the less fortunate. Through Mandela Day, 46664 also raises funds for the other Mandela organisations: the Nelson Mandela Foundation; the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund; the Mandela Rhodes Foundation and the Nelson Mandela Institute for Rural Development and Education.
Issued on behalf of: 46664 Bangle
Client contact: Catri Velleman
Tel. no.: +27 (0) 860 9 46664/ +27 (0) 82 785 5304
Email: media@couttsinc.biz
Website: www.46664.com/bangle
Issued by: Kerry Botha PR
Contact: Sarann Summerley
Tel. no.: +27 11 658 1999
Email: saranns@kerrybothapr.co.za
Johannesburg, 02 February 2010 - With gold bullion near records highs and platinum nudging $1,500 an ounce, it’s an excellent time to be investing in the limited edition gold, silver and platinum bangles linked to one of the world’s premier icons and social justice campaigns, known as the 46664 bangle initiative.
Inspired by Nelson Mandela’s prison number for the 27 years he spent in prison, they offer a unique dual opportunity for investors to profit from the rise in precious metals and the rarity value of being linked to one of the world’s most highly regarded people, Nelson Mandela.
A percentage of the proceeds from the bangle sales go towards the 46664 campaign while the balance goes to create employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for historically disadvantaged South Africans through the manufacturing of both the bangles and the boxes in which they are packaged, apart from the fact that they create global HIV/AIDS awareness via the wearer.
“The 46664 Bangles are engraved with Nelson Mandela’s historic prison number, making them more than a mere fashion statement, but also an affirmation of responsibility and a genuine investment article,” said Robert Coutts, CEO of the 46664 Bangle initiatives.
Collectors’ items have long been recognised as a good way for private investors to turn a profit in uncertain financial markets, such as those that exist today. Bullion coins - allow private investors of all budgets to buy gold and benefit from its capital growth and ability to hedge against inflation and the depreciation of paper currencies making Investments based on gold, solid because it is the only primary asset that is not someone else's liability.
But, the 46664 Bangle is worth a lot more than the materials from which it is made – the bangle is part of a broader program that serves as a fundraising initiative. The Limited Edition collectors’ items include 90 platinum bangles, 90 of the 24-carat gold bangles and 466 18-carat gold bangles. The Bangles were made in celebration of Mr Mandela’s 90th Birthday in 2008 and serve as a small physical testimony to his humanitarian legacy.
Buying a 46664 Bangle is one of those rare investment anomalies where giving truly translates into receiving. The 46664 Bangles are available in two sizes platinum, gold and silver respectively- all purchased from fair trade suppliers. All bangles are engraved with a unique serial number and owners are able to go online to register their bangles and will find information on how their purchase is impacting society through the work of the 46664 campaign. There is also online information about the activities of the 46664 campaign at www.46664.com/bangle.
The 46664 bangle has two major benefits, viz. the intrinsic value of the metal (gold or platinum) and the value of a collector’s item associated with the Mandela legacy and the 46664 humanitarian campaigns. The scarcity of platinum coupled with the rarity of the platinum bangle as a collector’s item account for the somewhat steep price point. However, its value will increase exponentially over time and more than recoup the initial outlay – both as a financial and as a philanthropic investment.
For the seriously affluent, “bespoke” 46664 Bangles can be crafted to meet individual tastes, such as having the bangle wearer’s name spelt out in diamonds.
At a gala dinner in London to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday in 2008, an investor bid £320 000 for a platinum 46664 Bangle encrusted with 236 diamonds. This clearly demonstrates the investment potential of these special bangles, along with their historic and humanitarian value.
The 46664 Bangles price range is from R69.99 for MyCopper; ranging from R189.00 to R220.00 for copper; R1, 995.00 for silver; R65, 778.00 for 18-carat gold and R73, 468.00 for 24-carat gold and R135, 660.00 for platinum.
The MyCopper bangles, along with the shiny copper, silver, gold and platinum 46664 Bangles can be purchased from the 46664 website www.46664.com/bangle or at various retailers around South Africa. Go to http://bangles.46664.com/website/content/retailers.php to find a retailer near you, or phone the call centre: +27 (0) 860 9 46664.
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To download images of the 46664 Bangles and images of local and international celebrities wearing the bangles please visit:
http://picasaweb.google.com/KerryBothaPR/46664Bangles?feat=directlink
http://picasaweb.google.com/KerryBothaPR/46664BanglesLocalMedia_SA#
http://picasaweb.google.com/KerryBothaPR/46664BangleCelebrityFans#
http://picasaweb.google.com/KerryBothaPR/46664Bangles#
About 46664 Bangle:
The 46664 Bangle project aims to raise $130 million over 12 years via the sale of 2,5 million silver bangles, or combinations of gold, silver, platinum and copper to the same value. During this process, this social enterprise aims to create more than 4000 job opportunities (and stories of hope), while contributing funds to the 46664 campaign of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Most of all, the bangles themselves will spread the 46664 HIV prevention messages and messages of hope to more than 25 million people. Coincidentally, this is also approximately the number of people who have died from AIDS to date.
Uniquely serialised, the Bangles can be registered by the owners who receive a certificate of thanks, while reflecting their message to the world on the 46664 Bangle website’s “Show of Hands” page for all to see.
The Bangle is also being used as a means for schools to create funds for their social justice projects via the Bangle Schools Program around the world, by engaging school children in the sale of bangles in their communities. In this way they also spread the Mandela Day message to youth around the world.
The 46664 Bangle Initiative is hugely impactful in delivering messages of hope and responsibility, and is intricate in its operation yet simple in its ability to reach across the globe to engage people in finding solutions to social problems. It urges us all to become active participants of positive change through 46664’s philosophy of “it’s in our hands”.
With social responsibility becoming the fashionable “new black”, the 46664 Bangle calls on everyone to show the world that responsibility is not a burden, it’s a gift!
The 46664 Bangle Initiative is more than a fashion statement; it is an affirmation of responsibility and our chance to create a world in which we would want future generations to live. It reminds us that the Mandela Day vision of a global movement for good started with one man’s long walk to freedom.
About 46664:
46664 is the global awareness campaign that bears Nelson Mandela’s prison number. It was originally launched to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, and continues to work in the area of HIV prevention – especially in South Africa. Working alongside the other Mandela organisations, 46664 is now expanding its focus to champion Mr. Mandela’s broader humanitarian work. Nelson Mandela was assigned the number 466 when he was imprisoned on Robben Island in 1964. To date, Nelson Mandela has spent 67 years fighting for human rights. This year, 46664 spearheaded an international Mandela Day to create a global movement for good. This annual campaign calls upon people everywhere to do community service and to help the less fortunate. Through Mandela Day, 46664 also raises funds for the other Mandela organisations: the Nelson Mandela Foundation; the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund; the Mandela Rhodes Foundation and the Nelson Mandela Institute for Rural Development and Education.
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Issued on behalf of: 46664 Bangle
Client contact: Catri Velleman
Tel. no.: +27 (0) 860 9 46664/ +27 (0) 82 785 5304
Email: media@couttsinc.biz
Website: www.46664.com/bangle
Issued by: Kerry Botha PR
Contact: Sarann Summerley
Tel. no.: +27 11 658 1999
Email: saranns@kerrybothapr.co.za
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