We can learn a great deal about our current monetary system and where it is headed simply by studying monetary history from the past. By doing so, we unlock the truth as to where currencies have repeatedly failed throughout time and why.

What has happened in the past throughout various societies? It’s common in every culture once an established monetary system is set in place, to start deficit spending. Once this spending occurs, countries begin to enter into larger and larger wars. At some point a country will grow up from a small country into a great empire such as the Greek or Roman Empires of the past. As these great societies engage in larger wars more money is needed to finance these wars. From this point government becomes too big and the wars being fought only compound the stresses that hold up the entire financial system…

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What is Money?
Historically many things throughout time have been used as money. Which include beads, shells, stones, tobacco, wheat, livestock, gold, silver and currency. But what makes money? Not everything is money, some is currency.


What is Currency?
It is a unit of monetary exchange that can be used in trade for all goods and services. It is made up of the following important key elements. It acts as a circulating medium of exchange – which is an intermediary used in trade to avoid the inconvenience of a peer barter system. It’s a unit of account – which is a standard monetary unit of measurement of value and costs on all goods, services and assets…

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Central banks & governments have clearly made the choice to paper-over their debts instead of facing their fiscal problems head-on. This action will guarantee printing presses world-wide, to run non-stop. Global debt is already at $1.5 quadrillion dollars. Gold and silver are poised to shoot to the moon.

Globally, politicians and central bankers are taking the path of least resistance, choosing to paper-over national debts thus assuring the creation of a world-wide debt bubble of biblical proportions. The world is simply drowning in its own debt. Spain’s bond rates went back above 7.5 percent. Currently global debt totals about $150 trillion, however once you add the dependencies from governments such as various liabilities, both funded and unfunded along with pension funds you can crank this figure upwards to $500 trillion.

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Over the past five years gold has succeeded to outperform the S&P by a long shot. The biggest reason for S&P's decline in value, measured by it's worth in currency or dollars is because the green back itself is not real money.

It's important to note, smart people have been collecting gold. Regardless if these people have collected gold for the long-term or are just now starting. These investors all have the same philosophy. Hang on to your gold, keep collecting it and do not sell an ounce. Because at some point gold's value will exceed rising inflation and save you. What the government has done of course in its attempts to shore up falling home prices within American is actually destroying the dollar and increasing gold's value…

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All of the gold held by central banks throughout the west, originally, was owned by the people. Slowly this gold has been siphoned away from the people by the central bankers through inflation. However now, even these giant banks in the west are losing their gold as it slowly is being transferred to the east.

The gold stored in these central banks was at one time used to back all western currencies. However the sole purpose for gold being held in western banks today is for repayment of debt. History shows us that approximately every 30 to 40 years the world creates a new monetary system. Previous monetary systems continually have failed due to poor fiscal policy, planning and manipulations. Before WWI most countries kept a specific amount of gold in their treasuries. The treasuries would then issue out currency notes into circulation in amounts that equaled the equivalent value of…

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It is highly anticipated that China will become the world’s largest net buyer of gold this year surpassing that of India, who has been the largest gold consumer until now. China’s gold purchases for 2012 have already risen ten percent according to ICBC a leading Chinese bank. Why are they so eager to buy?

China has held the world's largest amount of US debt, larger than any other nation. However things are drastically changing. China has changed its investment strategies, including moving out of a majority stake in dollar dominated assets and converting those assets into gold. It clearly doesn't take a financial genius to figure out the logic behind China's dollar exit strategy.

While the American dollar may still be king over an uncertain euro today, what will happen once the US is reminded that its debts levels in comparison exceed that of Greece? While still the largest owner of foreign dollar reserves China is clearly conscious about how over exposed their holding are, putting their nations reserves into a slump. Currently US Treasuries are inside the largest market bubble in history.

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The US dollar being the world’s reserve currency where other central banks have taken comfort for decades, now is fundamentally broke. The world’s reserve currency is now broke because of the accumulated American debt that can no longer be controlled.

These days the politicians elected into government and tasked with responsible policy making, don't have the political will do right thing. They refuse to turn things around, to stop the slow train wreck that's approaching. Some believe this slow train wreck will arrive sometime around 2015. This train has been built upon the tracks of circumstance, with decisions that were created re-actively, thus now it's running out of control…

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The economy within the United States today is nothing more than a hyperinflationary house of cards just waiting to completely fall apart. America has been down this path before, however today things are quite different than say during the late1970’s through the early 1980’s. Today just one small fragile mistake will allow this house of cards to collapse, taking America right into hyperinflation.
Hyperinflation is defined as a very high rate of inflation or inflation that has gone out of control. There are several definitions, on the low end it’s defined as a consecutive accumulation of inflation over a three year period averaging 26 percent annually reaching 100 percent by the end of the third year. While on the high side, inflation can exceed 50 percent per month. Even lower degrees of inflation will still wipe out savings and purchasing power within a short duration of time…

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World-wide monetary systems have been built upon the model of the United States dollar. While currently the dollar is still the world’s reserve currency its status as such, could be held into question over the Basel III talks with America. It is widely expected that the US will lead the way in further developments towards gold’s rise to Tier I status.

Within developed countries of the world, the unified consensus is that gold has yet to show any real signs of true-value towards the 41 year old paper currency fiat money system. The system now is starting to break down. Over the past 5 years serious strain and stress has occurred within the current dollar fiat system. Intensifying signs show problematic developments, now and into the future. These developments could be a sign where the current fiat based system is too flawed. This makes a good argument where gold held in reserves would be necessary to increase liquidity, thus granting easier access to loans of nations in need.

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95 percent of all the gold ever mined is still in existence today in one form or another. On the other hand 95 percent or more of the silver that has ever been mined to date, has either been used or destroyed in small quantities, for many industrial and technological applications. So the majority of it is gone forever.

While the élite and the central bank’s own tons of gold bullion, it's interesting to note that they hold no physical silver. Physical silver is cheaper than physical gold. Therefore the average person could without much thought, buy an ounce or two at any time without hurting their wallets or upsetting their budgets. On the other hand…

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How much longer is it going to take before the debt factor inside the euro crisis has reached its limit? Is this whole house of cards about to burn down? Will it be the Germans who ultimately have to pay for the fiscal mistakes that other euro nations made before the fires begin?

The Spanish bonds most surely will hit levels that could exceed seven percent very soon. Greece could possibly still keep the euro, knowing all well that austerity measures will not be able to last into the foreseeable future. Cyprus keeps getting dragged down under enormous amounts of debt now equal to that of Iceland, which is another foreseen hot spot…

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The whole world is falling apart; it’s not just in America or Europe, but all over the world. Thanks to central bankers and their monetary policies the whole world is being drugged. That drug is a powerful hallucinogen putting everyone into a dreamlike state. The crazy thing is that everyone is dreaming the same dream. All the people around the world dream about fiat money.

Fiat money makes people believe that there is more wealth available today than their actually is. This in effect makes for spending that is not prudent. The reality is that the true amount of wealth perceived by the masses is not truly available. This being said great mistakes are going to be made. There will also be a serious amount of pain coming from all this as a result. The whole world is sinking into a great abyss of worthless paper money…

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As far back as the Romans and Greeks, cultures have engaged in deficit spending. These societies have always engaged in large scale wars, as their nations expanded into empires. Major drawbacks to economies or empires include the high costs to engage in these wars. Throughout history these wars have always been funded through too much government deficit spending. At the end, empires always collapse from too much debt. It is at this point where very large scale wealth transfers will occur, to those that are positioned correctly.

What is currently being done today to the US dollar greatly impacts it negatively. Which in-turn is negatively impacting every fiat currency in the world. Sadly today there is no culture, country or currency that is safe from the negative effects of the dollar. Basically stated, if the world's reserve currency is sick and catches a cold it will become contagious…

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The monetary function and investment demand for silver has been in the news quite extensively in recent months. The investment side for this precious metal of course is extremely important. However we also cannot forget the sheer importance and value that comes from the metals industrial side. This provides for newer technologies as well, according to Phil Baker President and CEO for Hecla Mining.

Recently Baker was quoted as saying that “the silver markets of today actually can be closely compared to the same markets a century ago”. At this time photography was really starting to take off and industrial silver demand was on the rise. “From the mining company’s inception in the late 1890’s through the early 1980’s silver mining had been a booming business with huge physical demands in industrial applications for the white metal. However, by the mid 1980’s and during the next twenty years the silver industry had…

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Currency has been around in various paper forms throughout societies for generations. People use it every day. But how many people really know what the difference is between paper currency and money?

Currency has been defined as a circulating medium of exchange, used as an intermediary in trade to avoid the use of a barter system. The benefits and usefulness of currencies include; being a unit of account, or standard measurement of value. Other key factors include; durability, divisibility, ease of transportation and being …

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By studying history, it is possible to learn how past civilizations have risen and fallen. Repeated mistakes have been made throughout time. These mistakes show us how monetary systems within societies have broken down and collapsed since money was first used.

The Past –

History can show us many things; let’s take the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. The Romans rose to power in 64 AD. by starting out on a solid financial footing. There was a sound money system in place. They started off using 100 percent solid gold and silver coins as a medium of exchange for goods and services. As time passed however, more and more social programs needed funding. More major government projects were taken on, along with more and more wars being fought…

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The latest analysis involving of central bank reserve managers shows a major modification within their “official” reserve holdings. It appears this major modification extends well into the next decade. The change is a deliberate increase of gold accumulation within the holdings of central banks.

Currently were already seeing central banks acquiring larger amounts of gold bullion. Gold bullion reserves that were reported have surpassed 439.7 tons last year. This is seen as the largest annual increase in nearly 50 years, which does not include any major un-reported purchases during this time. It is well-known that many central banks have snapped up tonnage when market prices are at near bottoms on market corrections...

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Every day that passes were seeing nothing but lies coming from the central banks. Three years running, we have been seeing interest rates close to zero; in a bid to pump up and force the life back into a dying economy. With the exception of Japan’s failure, to drop interest rates at near zero for over two decades, no other country in recent times has attempted such an uncontrolled careless monetary policy.

Throughout economic history zero percent interest rates have never been used, for an especially good reason. To use a zero interest rate policy upon a nation should be a condition of last resort, a last-ditch effort to shock an economy back to life. Any interest rate that is below inflation is never good for an economy. This rate policy actually rips-off savers. In a society that has been accustom to saving, savers do not get any real returns on their accounts. By leaving rates on savings ultra low, it's tantamount to "savings account rape"…

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Tom Genot blogs on CoinBullion.net about the global fiscal crisis and how governments and central bankers have accelerated the crisis to the critical point were now facing today. Tom has been covering many ways to prepare yourself & your family for an impending economic collapse that he believes now, will lead into hyperinflation. Tom has just released his Special Report titled: Five Inflation Fighting Tactics To Protect You’re Wealth.

"One proven and time tested method of protecting you’re wealth is through ownership of assets designed to hedge or fight against inflationary forces over time. Hedging is an essential investment strategy a kin to taking out an insurance policy on your assets. This insurance policy will protect your assets against negative growth in both stock markets and the economy..."

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Price manipulations in the silver markets are just a fancy way to point out that there is someone else controlling and dominating these markets by holding exceptionally big positions of silver. An entity alone or as a group, that holds a very large physical stake in a specific market will define “manipulation”, which in itself, is clearly understood. The reality, when a single entity or large group enters the market for the specific purpose of dominating it, this should create alarm bells and make them ring all over the place. These are reasons why US. anti-trust and commodity laws are in place.

One of the most serious market crimes under the commodities law is price manipulation. There is a simple and effective cure for market manipulations which has been in place for nearly 100 years. It is called “Speculative Position Limits”. At the present time, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is working to in-state position limits in the silver markets. Of course at the same time this is happening the big banks are using all their mighty power to try blocking the CFTC’s attempts on instituting silver market position limits. Who will win out? Only time will tell.

Each entity in this game among manipulators will benefit by varying degrees…

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The government can print money. So why don’t they simply print more and then give it away to everyone? Certainly this would alleviate poverty and stimulate the economy. Within modern economic societies money is used so intensely, that many times people forget what money really is and why we use it.


Why was money invented?

Before money came along, people got what they wanted by trading things between one another so in the end both people would receive what they wanted. Economists call this method of exchange or the barter system. Bartering however was a very inefficient system because you had to seek out someone who had what you wanted…

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Has anyone ever wondered how come the United States keeps such a firm hold on its gold bullion? Why is it that America keeps its citizens in the dark regarding the benefits of accumulating gold and silver? Yet the US government is in the business of minting and distributing silver and gold coins. Did you know China publically educates its populace as to the long-term benefits of owning these precious metals?

After France wanted all of its debts redeemed in gold, President Nixon was forced to close the gold window to the world back in 1971. Effectively stopping any further gold redemptions on American debt from abroad and ending the Bretton Woods Agreement. Currently America holds about 8,133 tons of gold bullion. That is around 2.4 times more gold…

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The current monetary system that’s in place is corruptly managed by the greed, power and deception of the world banks and those who run them. Weekly news comes out of illegal bank practices and fraud, its mainstream news anymore. A quick example would be the latest scandal involving LIBOR. It is apparent today that the more reliable an institution is, the bigger the fraud. Libor was the benchmark for loans into the trillions of dollars, for decades.

Libor’s assets are believed to have been connected to transactions globally in the forms of personal, small business and mortgage loans in excess of $500 trillion dollars. Libor was key in the setting of global interest rates. To date the Libor scandal could be the biggest of its kind in history...

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There has been a huge cover-up in the price of gold. This price suppression has been going on for years. Central banks have been at the center of this manipulation and the evidence can be found in the commodities and future trading commission reports. Mr. Theodore Butler with due diligence is the main person responsible for following the long chain of events that finally led to the discovery of these price manipulations and cover-ups by central bankers for years.

Legal Practice of Leasing Out Precious Metals

Before the central banks entered into this leasing game, the leasing or swapping of precious metals from one mine to another was used when production for whatever reason was stopped. Because mines sell future contracts during production, during a shutdown they would be on the hook for…

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In November the next Presidential Election for the US is quickly approaching. The Mayan “end of the world” prophecy for December 12th is closing in. These and other reasons are fuel to which feed upon gold’s value to propel its price towards ever reaching highs at an ever increasing rate.

Major Reasons the Price of Gold Might Double Before the End of 2012.

The Election campaigns between President Obama and Mitt Romney are running very close together according to several major media reports. With a race this close it’s a media frenzy with major ad campaigns and campaign finance money being poured into all forms of advertizing desperately trying to outdo one another’s campaigns. Unemployment is still far away from acceptable levels. Ordinary Americans are spending less and having to constantly tighten up their belt sizes notch by notch. In the end, gold’s value will progressively increase…

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