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Pennsylvania's Top GOLD and Precious Metal Buyers...

• Gold is one of the world's most precious metals.

• All of the gold in the world could be compressed into an 18-yard cube, which is about 1/10 the mass of the Washington Monument.

• It is recorded that only 88,000 tons of gold have been taken from the earth since recorded history, leaving far more yet to be discovered.

Gold is said to be so rare that the world pours more steel in an hour than it has poured gold since time began.

• A one-ounce gold nugget is more rare to find than a five-carat diamond.

• The amount of gold nuggets being found in the world is less than one percent.

• Even though gold is rare, it is far easier to find than winning a major state lottery.

• Because of its rarity, a gold nugget can be worth three to four times the value of the gold it contains

• An authentic gold nugget has long been considered a gemstone because of its rarity and beauty.

• Gold is so heavy that one cubic foot of it weighs half a ton.

• Gold is six to seven times heavier than other materials that equal its size.

• The largest gold nugget found in the U.S. weighed 195 pounds; it came from California.

• Gold can be hammered so thin that sunlight can shine through it.    

• A single ounce of gold can be drawn into a wire 60 miles long.      

• Gold can be hammered into sheets so thin that a pile of them an inch high would contain more than 200,000 separate sheets.

• In every cubic mile of sea water there is 25 tons of gold! That's a total of about 10 billion tons of gold in the oceans; however, there's no known way to economically recover it.

• Gold is considered one of the most important metals in jewelry making.

• Gold is so soft it is seldom used in its pure form.

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• Jewelry that is marked 10K is made of 10 parts gold, and 14 parts other metals.

• The hardness of pure gold (on moh's scale) is 2-1/2 to 3; the melting point is 2,063 degrees Fahrenheit, specific gravity is 19.32, and tensile strength is 19,000psi.

• Gold can be transmitted from platinum by nuclear reaction. But, because of the rarity of platinum, it is far too costly.

• The United States government banned private ownership of gold, which lasted 41 years; then lifted it on December 31, 1974.

• Gold reached an all-time high price of $800 per ounce in 1980, but has recently surpassed that level and is currently over $1100 per once.

• South Africa is the largest producing gold country in the world today

• Gold is used in window glass and astronaut helmets to reflect infrared rays while allowing sunlight to pass through, and at the same time keeping it cool.

• The largest gold mine in the U.S. is the Homestake Mining Company in Lead, South Dakota.

• Gold is inactive chemically and is not affected by air, heat, moisture and ordinary solvents

• The chemical symbol for gold is AU

• Gold mines produce gold commercially on every continent except Antarctica

• The most common bar of gold, the large ‘London Good Delivery Bars,’ weigh approximately 400 Troy ounces, which is equal to 12.5 kilograms or 27 pounds each.

• Most cell phones, computers, calculators, televisions, and many other electronic items contain gold.

• Gold is the only metal that is impervious to rust.

• Pyrite, known as fool’s gold, is not a metal at all - it is a mineral.

• The term ‘mother lode’ comes from the name given to an area of five counties in California where the Gold Rush took place in the 1840s.

• Gold is the most popular precious metal used for wedding rings.

• The California Gold Rush of the 1800s produced 125 million troy ounces of gold. This gold would be worth more than $50 billion in today’s market.

• During the Gold Rush periods of 1850 to 1875, more gold was discovered and mined than in the previous 350 years

• The coffin of Egypt’s King Tutankhamen was created with approximately 2242 pounds of solid gold.

• The U.S. 1933 Double Eagle, one of the world’s rarest gold coins, sold at Sotheby’s auction house in New York in 2002 for $7.59 million, a record for a gold coin.

• The most popular gold bullion coin is the U.S. Gold Eagle.

• Gold is one of the most recycled materials in the world.

• Pure gold is much too soft to be used for jewelry, and must be alloyed with other metals to create a metal strong enough to withstand wear.

• Pure gold flakes or dust are used as a decorative additive to culinary creations.

• Gold has been located on 90% of the earth’s surface, in deserts, mountains, in tropical climates, and in the Arctic.

• Every household in the U.S. has some old/unwanted/outdated Gold, sell it today while prices are high and help the economy get back on the right track.