Have you ever considered investing in gold bars? What advantages do gold bars have over coinage? For one thing, gold bars are easy to transport and are an easy form of storage for gold. Some people prefer having golden bars rather than having to carefully sort through new types of coinage. Gold bars are ideal for someone that is primarily interested in bullion content and not so concerned about coin collecting.
One thing is for sure: the world supply of gold is limited. It’s so critical at this point (though not totally scarce) that some people are already looking to search the world’s oceans for gold deposits. Thus far, it’s not turning out. Recently, National Geographic published a figure stating that about 161,000 tons of gold have already been mined throughout human history. If this number is somewhere near truth, then there’s almost six trillion dollars worth of gold somewhere on the planet.