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2. Gold as an investment - Wikipedia

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   Size of a 100 gram gold bar - packaged inside an assay for proof of authenticity - compared to a playing card. Of all the precious metals, gold is the most popular as an investment. Investors generally buy gold as a way of diversifying risk, especially through the use of futures contracts and derivatives.

3. Gold - Wikipedia

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   Gold price history in 1960–2020. Like other precious metals, gold is measured by troy weight and by grams. The proportion of gold in the alloy is measured by karat (k), with 24 karat (24k) being pure gold (100%), and lower karat numbers

4. Centenario (coin) - Wikipedia

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   Centenario (coin) The Centenario is a Mexican gold bullion coin first minted in 1921 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain. [1] The coin is not intended to be used as currency; the face value of 50 pesos is for legal purposes only, and does not reflect the actual value of the gold content.

5. Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic - Wikipedia

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   Hyperinflation. Weimar Republic hyperinflation from one to a trillion paper marks per gold mark; values on logarithmic scale. A loaf of bread in Berlin that cost around 160 Marks at the end of 1922 cost 200,000,000,000 or 2*10^11 Marks by late 1923. [14] By November 1923, one US dollar was worth 4,210,500,000,000 or 4.2105*10^12 German marks.

6. Black Friday (1869) - Wikipedia

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   The Black Friday is the term for a gold panic on September 24, 1869, which triggered a financial crisis in the United States. It was the result of a conspiracy between two investors, Jay Gould, later joined by his partner James Fisk, and Abel Corbin, a small time speculator who had married Virginia (Jennie) Grant, the younger sister of ...

7. American Gold Eagle - Wikipedia

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   Design used. 2021–present. The American Gold Eagle is an official gold bullion coin of the United States. Authorized under the Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985, it was first released by the United States Mint in 1986. Because the term "eagle" also is the official United States designation for pre-1933 ten dollars gold coins, the weight of the ...