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Stacks of gold indicate a scintillating precious metal in various forms.

What Makes a Precious Metal?

December 4, 2017January 31, 2023Brad Kelechava

In the past, we have discussed how the now-omnipresent and affordable aluminum was once more expensive than gold. Treating it as precious and exotic, Emperor Napoleon […]

Old Chinese coins represent the history of money and how it was standardized.

Standardization of Money

August 17, 2016February 1, 2023Brad Kelechava

The origin of money begins with the same event that initiated almost everything else in modern society: the onset of agriculture. At the end of […]