Only the government can mint legal tender, so any private company claiming that would be facing a counterfeit money charge. I don't know the details of the company behind these. According to Wikipedia the company name is Valaurum and they have created more than $20 million worth of Goldbacks to this point. No, they don't give them away. You have to buy them. I was just gifted this by someone who will remain nameless.
It does look a lot like Charlie's golden ticket, doesn't it?
OMG 20mil worth....😱 so they mint them then sell them and people buy them and...
yep lets just say it's exciting like winning a charlie's golden ticket shall we...🤣