Precious metals

Metallurgically, gold (often abbreviated XAU in the international financial world), silver and the group of platinum metals, namely iridium, osmium, platinum, ruthenium, rhodium and palladium. – For investment purposes, mainly gold, silver, platinum and palladium have been traded until now. As a metal for coins, of the precious metals used almost exclusively gold and silver. – It was rightly pointed out that precious metals are only suitable as a store of value in interpersonal transactions. For the shipwrecked (stand-alone and shipwrecked) Robinson, the gold coins recovered from the wreck of the ship have no value. – See alliage, assay stamp, chrysomania, currency theory, diamonds, precious metal funds, fineness, gold price, gold currency, jewels, carat, button cutter, portfolio, tinsel, tangible assets, troy ounce, ounce, polygon, magic, store of value, value relativity, valuables, zerimahbub, interim parking.

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