Why Sell Gold Today?
Gold is a precious metal which has been sought after by men (and women) for at least 5,000 years but there is also a sting in the tail for this most sought after metal – it is extremely rare. This has led to gold becoming one of the most valuable of metals in the world and the history of mankind. It’s importance has been further underlined by governments around the world using gold bullion to provide the asset-backing for the money they issued – in the times of early coinage, the value of a coin was actually the amount of gold which it contained – the stamp of the treasury or mint which issued it was a quality assurance that the coin really contained that much gold and this spread to the use of gold for other purposes, particularly jewelry and today gold is always stamped with a “hallmark”. It is this link to the financial worth of currency which creates most of the demand for gold today. Paper money is just that – paper – it is a promise that the bank or treasury department of a natio
