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Here's a look at the most outrageous items some people have found to stake their gold claims.
With precious metals prices tumbling over the past week, gold has held onto its value a lot better than silver. For some people, gold is the ultimate safe haven commodity.

For most people owning the metal means buying gold bars or an ETF, but some people choose to splash out on something a little more fashionable and fun, like a piece of decadent luxury that won't go out of style even if gold prices were to fall.

So here's a look at the 10 most outrageous items some people have found to stake their gold claims. (For a related reading
Golden iPad2

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British jewelry maker Stuart Hughes marries the state of the art in gadgetry with mind-blowing opulence.

This pimped out version of the iPad2 is made with 2000 grams of solid 24-carat gold and 53 gems, including multiple diamonds.

Throw in some of the world's oldest rock, ammolite, some Tyrannosaurus Rex thigh bone, and this iPad 2 is selling for US$8,254,150. But if you want one, you'll have to rush, Stuart Hughes is only making two.
Gold-Plated Infiniti

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This Infiniti convertible plated with 24-carat gold was unveiled in March 2011 at a jewelers shop in Nanjing in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu.

According to local reports, it took five artisans four months to give the car its full bling.

The car was later towed away from outside the store for not having been properly registered
24k Pencil

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Don't throw out the shavings from these pencils.

Korean designer Daisung Kim created the pencils, which have a thin 24k layer of gold plating. They retail for US$20
Golden Beer Mug

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Show your mates you're no Homer Simpson, while you chug from this gold beer mug made by Japan's leading jeweler, Ginza Tanaka.

It's made from 850 grams of gold and sells for US$50,000.
Golden Loo

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This toilet, manufactured by Hong Kong-based jeweler Hang Fung Gold Technology, and on display in its HK showroom, can truly be considered a throne.

Made of 24k solid gold, it weighs nearly a metric tonne. Designer Lam Sai-wing said he was inspired by Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin's declaration that when a communist revolution swept over the world, there would be public toilets made of gold.

Built back in 2001 when gold was in the US$200-US$300 range, it is now valued at approximately US$37 million.
Golden Lingerie

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Talk about keeping precious things close to your heart.

Chinese designer Zhou Ningxin designed this gold filigree bra, weighing 458 grams, for a jewelry show in Beijing.

Several similar pieces have appeared around the world, including one in South Korea valued at US$1.89 million.
Gold Coffin

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What a way to go. This coffin, covered in 24 carat gold, was made by Art Funeral Italy and debuted at the 2010 Verona Luxury and Yacht show — an event known to be "for billionaires only."

Just in case the dearly departed needs to make a call from the beyond, it also comes with a gold-plated mobile phone. The coffin's worth an estimated US$400,000.

Singers Michael Jackson and James Brown were buried in gold coffins, as was notorious Australian gangster Carl Williams — all presumably without a phone
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