Lop - Gold Blog [verified]
They are preparing for a Weimar/Turkey scenario where the government says, "Old dollars are worthless; trade them in for New Dollars at 10,000:1."
If you have spent more than a few hours in the deep end of the gold bug community—specifically forums like GoldRefiners, Vietnam Gold Trading groups, or certain sections of Reddit’s r/Gold—you have likely stumbled across the cryptic acronym: LOP . lop gold blog
In Vietnam, the government doesn't just regulate gold; it brands it. SJC bars are the only "legal" gold bars for hoarding. Private minted bars (like PAMP or Credit Suisse) are viewed with suspicion. They are preparing for a Weimar/Turkey scenario where
The value of the "LOP Gold Blog" genre isn't in its predictions—most of which are hysterical and date-stamped 2010, 2015, 2020 (all wrong). The value is in the . Private minted bars (like PAMP or Credit Suisse)
Vietnamese bloggers frequently warn that the State Bank of Vietnam could "LOP" the SJC brand—forcing everyone to exchange their SJC bars for a new brand at a 50% loss. This actually almost happened in 2012-2014 when the SBV tried to monopolize gold production.
In that scenario, Because if the government tries to lop zeros off your cash, your gold is still a measurable weight of metal. What Should the Modern Stacker Learn from LOP Literature? If you spend a week reading the archives of the "LOP Gold Blog" ecosystem (sites like GoldSilver.com archives, SGTReport , or the Vietnam-based TheGoldBlog ), you will notice a pattern. The doomers are usually wrong about the timing , but right about the vulnerability .