Dubai Gold Souk – Photo Courtesy: Theodore Scott Buying and selling gold can be a highly profitable but competitive business. Because of the media attention around the high price of gold, many people are aware of its value. However, it is still possible to make money in this lucrative trade, if you know where […]
Getting Started With Coin Collecting
Hi! I’m here to talk to you about my coin collection and how you can get started in collecting coins. First off, why do some people collect coins? Some people do it because they think they’re really neat, they have really cool pictures, they come from different countries, and they’re just kind of cool to […]
All the World’s Gold
All the world’s gold amounts to only 165,000 metric tons. Many of us have heard of mythical cities of gold when the Spanish reached North, Central and South America. But the truth is that the Spanish only got 154 metric tons of gold from these sources. Traditions haven’t changed in some areas of the world […]
The Value of Gold Throughout History
The Gold Standard 101 For those of you who know nothing about economics, here’s a brief introduction to the gold standard. In a nutshell, the gold standard is used to describe an economic system where the worth of a country’s paper money is concretely linked to the value of gold. Money was handled during the […]