Unlike Venezuela's battered currency, gold does not depreciate, and residents of the country's mining town of El Dorado use the precious metal…
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Gold dust is a common method of payment in El Dorado and other Venezuelan mining towns
Gold dealers dot the streets of El Dorado
A gram of gold that took a family of five four hours to extract
In El Dorado, groceries are priced in gold weight
A gram of gold can fetch between $85 and $100
In the Venezuelan mining community of El Dorado, the majority of residents carry around gold instead of cards or cash to pay for groceries.