Few things on earth have brought more pleasure, suffering, death and joy than the mineral GOLD. Since mankind can remember, Gold has played it's part in corrupting people and has kept science occupied for centuries trying to manufacture it.

A mineral so beautiful that even those scientists who usually see everything in black and white have given it the symbol AU, taking it from the Greek goddess of dawn, Aurora. While King David was intigued by a beautiful woman the mere sight of this mineral has corrupted thousands upon thousands after him.

Although today the price of gold is relatively low, private investors choose money or shares as an investment, all major banks and governments keeping vast amounts of Gold as insurance in their vaults. In actual fact they keep more than 60% of all Gold.

They know that the beauty of this mineral is but one of it's many properties. Gold with a gravity of 17.5 is not only on of the heaviest of all minerals but is also very soft (just harder than your fingernail) and workable. This fact made it possible for Egyptians in ancient times to work with gold and create amazing artifacts like the deathmask of Tutankhamen, a piece preserved for more than 4000 years. Gold even after laying at the bottom of the ocean does not tarnish or rust. In actual fact Gold is eternal. This means that gold extracted by Egyptians is still in circulation today!

Some more interesting facts about GOLD

In Poland they drink a liqueur called Goldwasser which contains parts of gold.

One grain of gold if flattened will cover an A4 page.

All the gold extracted to date only represents about 0.0002% of all the gold on planet earth.

50 Tons of gold is used every year in the world for dental purposes.

262 Tons of gold is used annually for jewelry.

One standard gold bar weighs 12 kg.

The Carat in Gold is not the same as the Carat in diamonds.

The federal Reserve Bank of the USA is storing a staggering 13 000 tons of Gold behind 90 tons of steel doors in a vault blasted out of solid granite.

With new technology in communication we are using more and more gold every day in the manufacture of the microchip.

Keeping all these facts in mind we can say with confidence "Invest in Gold, it truly is the money of the gods. It's indestructible, does not tarnish and will never loose its value. It is eternal".