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Mega-wealthy Chinese investors are being given the chance to buy solid gold - from the country's first gold vending machine.

The machine - guarded round the clock by security cards - can dispense everything from a two kilogram ingot to a medal or trinket weighing a few ounces.

Payment scanners recognise every Chinese banknote and, of course, credit gold cards are welcome, say the bankers behind the machine.

"Gold is very popular now and this is a very convenient way to buy it, just like using a bank machine," said a spokesman for the Gongmei Gold Trading Co, in Beijing's Wangfujing shopping centre.