Precious Metals Investing For Dummies
Chapter One
A Compelling History
In This Chapter
* Checking out the history of precious metals
* Taking a look at gold and silver's track records
* Reviewing the precious metals' bull market of 2000
Long, long before government-issued currency, such as the dollar or the
euro, existed, people must have had something else to help them trade
with each other. How did people buy stuff they needed? Before there was
any kind of currency, there was bartering unless you were a barbarian and preferred
plundering. Civilized merchants and consumers traded goods and services,
but trade did get cumbersome. For example, what if the merchant selling
food didn't really want your 47 pounds of lint in exchange for a head of lettuce?
To make commerce a little easier, the buyers and sellers in the marketplace
slowly decided on what c ... read full excerpt from Precious Metals Investing For Dummies® ebook
