Gold – helping the world become a better place

History of Gold and Facts About Gold 27 Sep 2018

A look at various uses of gold in technology, medicine and engineering

Gold Glossary

Gold Standard

Gold standard is a fiscal system which links the value of a country's legal tender to gold. Under the terms of this standard, countries agree to convert currency into a certain amount of gold. A country following the gold standard decides a fixed price for gold based on various market conditions and buys and sells gold at that price. That price has a bearing on the value of the currency.

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Gold has the ability to be hammered into sheets so thin that a pile of them an inch high can contain as many as 200,000 separate sheets.

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Gold has the ability to be hammered into sheets so thin that a pile of them an inch high can contain as many as 200,000 separate sheets.