The Gold Standard

The Gold Standard
Precious Metal Business Resources

Profits from Precious Metals
The startup guide to your own lucrative gold & silver recycling business

Essential Books
Selected titles on finding, identifying and selling gold

Metal Detecting
Advice on equipment selection from a national expert

Safes & Strongboxes
Essential security for any precious metals endeavor

"It does not matter whether you are dealing on the London Stock Exchange, with nomads in the desert, with tribesmen in the heart of the Borneo jungle or with Eskimos in the Arctic - 'gold' always has a value.

"Can anyone tell me what paper money, currency or promissory notes are so readily realisable in every country in the world - without exception?"

R.L.Pilkington in a letter to the Financial Times, 31 August 2001

After years of decline, in dollar terms, the price of gold has begun to rise again. Other than in 1999, with a mid-year surge in the lead up to the Millennium, the year 2001 has been the first to post an increase since 1995. Gold's value rose 15 per cent in 2001, in a steady pattern which had begun well before the events of September 11th, making gold one of the best performing assets in any class of investment.

The Gold Standard, however, is not focused on the large investor, but rather on the enterprising businessperson who wishes to become involved in precious metals trading, one of the oldest, most lucrative, and yet historically safest business ventures. The costs and time investment required can be surprisingly low.

The links on these pages are to resources essential to such a venture, and reflect the many faces of the precious metals business.