In the entire history of mankind produced about 161 thousand tonnes (estimate 2011).
If all this gold to float together, get a cube with sides of approximately 20 m.
Approximately 26.83 grams per inhabitant of the planet, not so much if the production will begin on a massive scale can be something and change, but not in our lifetime,
at least since the Egyptian pyramids, this metal was and is no alternative to the currency under any circumstances,
including world wars and other disasters.
PS: everyone is entitled to their opinion, for me, the interval of 5000 years is quite convincing, if anyone thinks differently, "entitled" :)>

Eg I do not know about , but recalling the story, it seems , there is money as such did not exist, all payments to be made in kind.
But if us closer , we can recall that many people played the role of money stock. Homer, for example , speaking of some kinds of weapons, valued at their piers . And at the northern peoples currency was a deer. Other people's money were sugar , ivory , furs, and opium, cocoa , all kinds of shells even .
Other peoples of Siberia , North America, Alaska , used as money in precious skins, and for a long time in Russia, skin protein accounted for a penny a hundred skins - the ruble .

NATA, yes, a good example of aluminum, electricity was expensive, aluminum was more precious than gold, yuvelirka did was electricity for aluminum production, cheap - aluminum dropped in value.
 The problem with gold mining is that it is no use to anyone - more or less stable demand in India alone, where a certain amount of gold jewelry should be the bride.
Lost, like all the world's banks to sell zolotozapasy, and the Russian government decided what to do with the miners, or close the branch still buying gold at cost?
 I still remember the case of gold, 200 times a rossyuvelirfirma established production of male yuvelirka palladium watches, cigarette cases and other ... costs a bit more expensive silver ... A friend of mine walked in circles, all sought advice ... I buy a grill, a palladium metal funny, in fact platinum ... No, I did not buy anything myself, painfully cheap and undignified ... And now? Palladium almost more expensive than platinum.
Platinum metal-working, no beauty, but it has a stable industrial demand - is in catalysts and refractory products.
So - Gold rises in price, there is interest in him, no one is getting cheaper, it is not necessary, all at once forget that it is "eternal" equivalent.

Seriy, you yourself otvetili.V crisis overtaking the more expensive gold platinum ( platinum. As more than industrial - metal .menshe spros.a in real life and may decrease) . Paladiy price hike . its lag in price to platine.a it is practically a substitute in the catalysts .
All values ​​except the primitive vital and rarities , the price fall during crises and fastest growing faster pace. When abundance.

ABC for three hundred thousand

Moscow hosted an auction of antique children's books

"Rossiyskaya Gazeta" - Federal Issue number 5609 (233)
10/18/2011, 00:05

Bibliophiles gathered in Moscow, Nicholas Hall Hotel "National", where he was an auction, "Antiquarian books, manuscripts, historical papers, photographs and autographs," organized by the magazine "About Books" in the eleventh time.

Of 392 lots on auction were presented copies of the rarest books on Russian history, Russian literature, art XIX-XX centuries. As well as an original and printed graphics, posters, photos of literature, art and politics, bibliography, literature, art catalogs revolutionary satirical press 1905-1906.; Russian archives literary figures, historical papers, autographs XVIII-XX centuries. and other lots.

The second time and was a special section devoted to the War of 1812, which sold almost all of it. This topic is now at its peak, because in the next year it will be three hundred years after Napoleon's invasion. Good buy posters and photos of Vladimir Vysotsky, Basil Kachalova, Sergei Esenin, Anna Kern. Almost gone are the debut collections of Russian poets and writers boundary XIX-XX centuries.

Particular attention was paid at auction children's books: books, coloring books, illustrated by the artist Boris Kustodiev, "Work" and "Country Work", "ABC Red," illustrated by Dmitry Moor, "Journey Charlie Hamburg - Moscow" with pictures of Galina and Olga Chichagov , children's book artist Sergei photomosaics Senkina "The attack on Lenin" and "Tales of the death of Lenin."

The great demand for children's books among collectors is easy to explain: young readers like to use the book not only for its intended purpose, so that these books do not last long. Yes, and he grew up, people are not much want to preserve what is left from childhood. Therefore, despite the popularity of children's literature in bibliophilic circles, few collectors can boast of more or less complete collection in this field. Hence, the sum and the cost of books for children. This is confirmed by the chief editor of "About Books" Sergei Burmistrov: "Children's books are rare and most are now sold well. In particular, the" ABC Red "sold for 300 thousand rubles."

On the last auction in general Sergei Burmistrov said: "I think that somewhere at random 50%of books sold. The average of our auctions fluctuates somewhere on the level of 70-75%of the total number of lots put up."

By the way

Editor in Chief, "about the book" Sergei Burmistrov believes that antiquarian book market has grown in quantitative and qualitative indicators, has become more professional - from both the sellers and by buyers. However, the major new players on antique dealers, second-hand market in the past few years has not appeared. Should not be regarded as serious participants in this market is small online stores and leased recess, showing customers all sorts of nonsense, provided with a price tag of three or four zeros. Given the sharp drop in prices for the "average" antiquarian books on the market will be the only one who really knows the old book has stood the test of times and different prices, values ​​its reputation honestly earned.

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