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An Update on the State of Gold - Interview with Krishan Gopaul of the World Gold Council

Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast Podcast

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The History of Gold as Money

Gold has had a very long, storied history when it comes to its use as money. The earliest gold coin is accepted as the the cresus coin in lydia am. It's like a little lump of gold that's kind of pressed, and it's got kind of a stamp in it of lion or a tiger. And then really, if you know, gold was accepted as a medium exchange right up until maybe just before the twentieth century. But with the advent of things like the war to et cetera, the gold standard became a lot more cult its. Its kind of successor in the breton woods. So even to this day, gold, in certain areas is

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