Gold Prices Guide » Gold Uses

The resource and investment of choice

GoldPricesGuide.com — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:58:46 +0000

Whenever you hear the words gold you think of something solid and beautiful. You know that gold represents success. Everyone has always been looking for their own pot of gold. The reason gold has always held it’s place in the most honorable spot as most sought after is because it is a universally recognized resource. If you are like so many investors and you want to buy gold you can turn to the internet. The internet has made gold much more easily attainable for investors. No matter what happens to the economy the world of gold seems to hold it’s value sometimes it rises and sometimes it falls but it always maintains a safe value to protect investors. That is what helps to make gold so interesting as an investment opportunity. Being recognized around the world as a valuable currency helps gold to maintain it’s financial luster for investors. It is also easy to obtain for those that want to invest a little or a lot there is gold to invest in. Some people only have a small amount and they can safely invest it in gold others have a tremendous amount and they too are protected with their investment in gold. That is why it is such as sought after investment.

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GoldPricesGuide.com — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 03:53:27 +0000

I am probably like everyone else when it comes to gold, I have some jewelry that is gold and few other pieces. Now you can listen to radio and TV and hear about the advantage to buy gold as an investment or what they call insurance against inflation. Gold have been around since the beginning of human civilation. This means gold has been a form of trade for over several thousand years around the world. It would be cool to own some gold. Maybe create a stash of some gold bars. A friend of mine has been into buying gold bars and then when he needed money he would then cash them out. Sometimes if he could hold onto them long enough he could make a good little profit, some of the times but not every time. The current price of gold is over thirteen hundred dollars per house. That is a huge amount of money for an once of metal. The above video is about the South African krugerrand. The Krugerrand have no value and are made for being traded in other countries. Watch the video above on the Krugerrand of South Africa. I need some of these. One coin that I have heard but never owned one, is the Swiss franc, these coins has been around over 500 years all made from gold.

Some interesting information about gold

GoldPricesGuide.com — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:24:12 +0000

Information on Gold

The chemical symbol for gold is ‘Au‘
Gold’s atomic number is 79 and its atomic weight is 196.967.
Gold melts at 1064.43° Centigrade

The specific gravity of gold is 19.3, meaning gold weighs 19.3 times more than an equal volume of water.

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Percent Gold = European System = Karat System
100 %           = 1000 fine                 = 24 karat
91.7 %              = 917 fine                    = 22 karat
75.0 %             = 750 fine                    = 18 karat
58.5 %              = 585 fine                    = 14 karat
41.6 %              = 416 fine                     = 10 karat

Some interesting information about gold