Gold is an immortal, sentimental commodity. Buying, storing and selling real bars of gold instead of digital and paper gold is the most satisfying, but also the most challenging experience. In practice, an important factor is the anonymity aspect of physical gold. This is the high art of buying no-KYC gold and avoiding any paper trail and registration with your local government. At least that is the most critical aspect for privacy-conscious gold investors. A proper and thoughtful approach will ensure that this does not become an adventure with unknown and unlimited risks.
Buying gold over-the-counter in the form of doré bars or wafers, gold powder and jewelry from Arab, African, Asian or Latin American locations is very different from buying LBMA (London Bullion Market Association) certified gold bars from Switzerland or London. The gold trading industry is notorious for its vulnerability to swindlers, fraudsters, and counterfeiters. Typical criminal schemes exist, and new methods of crimes are constantly emerging. However, for the savvy investor, not everything that looks strange and exotic is a sign of criminal behavior.
Only physical gold allows a family dynasty to acquire a hidden gold treasure and preserve it for generations. It will survive uncertain times and crises, even catastrophes and revolutions. It is therefore worth giving serious thought to this project and getting started as soon as possible.
Below you can find some gold-related articles. They cover the topic of how to buy physical gold (English and German language), general aspects of privacy and anonymity for physical gold investors, thoughts on gold-backed digital assets, as well as a rather outdated article as of 2023 regarding the expected BRICS gold.
To purchase physical gold in a cross-border transaction is serious business. The buyer is typically surrounded by a swarm of bogus offers from fraudsters. The steps to successfully buying dore, ingots, bars, and bullions therefore start with identifying the pretty obvious red flags, carefully evaluating the sales offer, following a well p
To purchase physical gold in a cross-border transaction is serious business. The buyer is typically surrounded by a swarm of bogus offers from fraudsters. The steps to successfully buying dore, ingots, bars, and bullions therefore start with identifying the pretty obvious red flags, carefully evaluating the sales offer, following a well planned workflow with good knowledge of industrial practices, and understanding and following certain rules and requirements to get the deal done. #howtobuyphysicalgoldabroad
Das günstige Goldangebot auf Facebook und LinkedIn ist trotz der bunten Bilder mit ziemlicher Sicherheit ein Betrugsversuch. Es gibt aber bessere Wege, Gold legal im Ausland zu kaufen und sicher zu verwahren. Entscheidend ist zu wissen, worauf man sich einlässt und wie man die Kontrolle über den gesamten Prozess behält.
In most countries, it is easy to buy gold as long as the buyer agrees to be surveilled and his gold ownership is registered and monitored by his government. Things get more complicated - and attractive - if the buyer desires to own his precious metals anonymously and outside of know-your-customer restrictions.
Gold tokens on the blockchain are a relatively new asset class, and there is a lot of uncertainty about whether they are digital gold or unfulfillable promises with concealed counterparty risks. Some previous market offerings failed. Are the new ones any different or are they fool's gold for crypto millionaires? Just as important, it need
Gold tokens on the blockchain are a relatively new asset class, and there is a lot of uncertainty about whether they are digital gold or unfulfillable promises with concealed counterparty risks. Some previous market offerings failed. Are the new ones any different or are they fool's gold for crypto millionaires? Just as important, it needs to be understood that not all are created equal. There are good and bad, strong and weak tokenizations targeting the gold token buying markets.
This 2003 article is rather outdated and does not reflect the latest developments. It will be updated as soon as there is any breaking news on this topic.
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