Consider the following issue of American gold certificates from $1991$:

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This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of on offer to buy any of these Certificates.

This offer is made only by the Offering Memorandum.

NEW ISSUE

$$100,000,000$

July $7,1987$

AMERICAN

GOLD

CERTIFICATE

Due July $1,1991$

$$ Americon Gold Certificate represent phystcal allocated gold builton insured and held in sofekeeping at Bank of DeLaware.

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these certificates in such State.

J$.$W$.$ KORTH CAPITAL MARKETS, INCORPORATED

COHEN & COMPANY

THE CHICAGO CORPORATION

FIRST ALBANY CORPORATION

INTERSTATE SECURITIES CORPORATION

MCDONALD & COMPANY SECURATES, RONEY & COMPANY

VINING$-$SPARKS SECURITIES, INCORPORATED

BANKER, MATTS & CO$,$ BIRR, WILSON SECURITIES, INCORPORATED INDEPENDENCE SECURITIES,

STEPHENS INCORPORATED

EMMETT A$.$ LARKIN COMPANY,

SEIDLER ANDEC SECURITTES

INCORPORATED

DOMINICK & DOMINICK INCORPORATED

GRIFFIN, KUDIK, STEPHENS & THOMPSON,

INCORPORATED

JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT INCORPORATED

PACIFIC SECURITIES, INCORPORATED

UMIC, INCORPORATED

WETCAP SECURITIES, INCORPORATED BARCLAY INVESTMENTS, INCORPORATED

D$.$ A$.$ DAVIDSON & COMPANY INCORPORATED

JESUP & LAMONT SECURITIES COMPANY,

INCORPORATED

SCOTT & STRINGFELLOW, INCORPORATED

UNDERNOOD, NEUHAUS & COMPANY INCORPORATED

$1.$ Is this issue a primary or secondary market transaction?

$2.$ Are the certificates derivative or non$-$derivative asset?