Governments come and go, currencies come and go, gold and silver stay valuable, because all people appreciate this value.

"Today there is no single institution that covers the payment promises of Alexander, Julius Cesar, Louis XIV, Peter the Great, Napoleon or Hitler. In their times they were powerful men, but today no bank will cash their cheques. But if you take a bar of gold which once lay in their treasure chests, you will get its countervalue all over the world. The permanence and universality of gold gives it a moneylike authority which no other money possesses.""

William Rees-Mogg, former Chief Editor of The Times

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