Most of us are very aware of the fact that gold is a great investment. I know several people who are seriously learning all that they can about gold coins and gold bullion and I’m hearing people at work talking about gold more and more these days. Of course we have all been seeing all the advertisements for “Cash For Gold” these couple of past years. Most of the major malls have a kiosk set up that will buy your old, unused and unwanted gold pieces, they are doing a booming business. People are looking for ways to bring more cash into their very empty wallets since the economy seems to be at a stand still, at the bottom of the barrel.

I’m learning, as well about gold price today issues from hearing bits and pieces from these good folks. Of course we have Internet access at work so we look up all types of interesting websites throughout the day. Today we were learning about krugerrand gold at a website regalgoldcoins.com. It seems that this type of gold is from South Africa and is highly sought after due to its purity. I’d love to see one, nothing like getting an up close look and a good feel of things.

The canadian maple leaf gold coin that I ordered came in today and I am thrilled to now have what I think will be a wonderful birthday present for my kid brother. His birthday is August 7th, which will be here in no time flat and I’ve had a hard time this year finding the “perfect” gift for his 17th birthday. He is a bit too old for toys and I refuse to buy any type of video game stuff for any of the “kids” in the family. He does have pretty good gold coin collection that he has started to get back into recently. So I’m hoping this will be a good gift idea that he will appreciate and enjoy for as long as he deems fit.