The Lydian Electrum Coins: 600 BC and the Birth of Currency
How a small kingdom in western Anatolia struck the first coins and changed economic history.
How a small kingdom in western Anatolia struck the first coins and changed economic history.
How successive emperors quietly stole from their own coinage and what it cost the empire.
How a few hundred conquistadors triggered the largest precious-metals shock in early modern history.
How a discovery at Sutter's Mill triggered the fastest demographic and monetary expansion in US history.
The reef that built Johannesburg, financed an empire, and reshaped southern Africa.
In April 1933, Roosevelt outlawed private gold ownership. The repercussions echo through monetary debates today.
How 730 delegates in a New Hampshire hotel designed the monetary system of the second half of the 20th century.
Gold went from $35 to $850 in nine years while CPI averaged 7.4%. The decade is still the most-cited template for hard-asset allocation. Here is what really happened.
Three days at Camp David that ended a 2,500-year link between currency and metal.
Every day at 3pm London time, a small group of banks settle a benchmark that prices billions in gold contracts. Here is how the LBMA Gold Price really works.