On-Line Gold Merchants
Why Gold?
The chief use of Gold is as Money. Unlike paper money which is destined to greatly inflate, Gold will continue to hold its own as a store of value. If you had purchased $100,000 USD worth of gold when George Bush first became President, you would have bought 384.6-oz of gold at $260/oz. Today (5 February 2007) at $650/oz that would fetch $250,000 or $100,000 would fetch 153.4-oz a 60% drop in the purchasing power of the dollar that reflects massive increase of the money supply - the real reason why gas prices has risen and your house (or gold) is "worth" more.
Although gold has been traditionally held in form of bullion and coins it is now becoming available through accounts at banks and other financial institutiuons. In the past decade a popular breed of gold holdings has emerged: Digital Gold Currencies (DGC).
Why DGCs?Unlike banks that fractionalize or hold only a percentage of currency in circulation all the leading DGCs are 100% backed by gold. The two leading DGCs (E-Gold and GoldMoney) have a combined value of over $260 million USD in bullion storage/circulation. That's larger than many major nations.
For merchants, such as unlinQ, DGCs offer unrivaled protection against fraud. Unlike bank and credit card payments, DGC payments generally cannot be reversed by the payer without a court order. For consumers, DGCs offer excellent privacy as most do not require (and some don't even ask for) proof of identity to open and account or use. Exchangers, independent businesses that serve to trade national money (or fiat) <-->DGCs are also, often, identity agnostic.
Buy e-gold for cash, money orders and bank wires. Top quality service from a company that values your privacy. We do not ask you for your identity papers as they are easily forged and stolen identities abound.
U.S:
Vertoro.com (only sells DGC)
Free Market Money (only buys DGC)
Canada:
rayServers.com
U.K.
EU:
Asia:
