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The Ages of Gold

Fri, Nov 16 2007, 15:37 GMT
by FXstreet.com Team

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About the Author

Timothy Green was born in Suffolk in 1936 and read history at Cambridge. He has been a journalist for over forty-five years, writing for Life, Fortune, The Smithsonian, Reader's Digest and The Observer. He was editor of The Illustrated London News from 1964-66. His first book, The World of Gold, came out in 1968 and has been revised many times. He worked as a consultant on the annual Gold Surveys of Consolidated Gold Fields and Gold Fields Mineral Services (now GFMS) for almost three decades, focusing on the Middle East, India and the Far East. He has also written The Gold Companion, Precious Heritage (the story of Mocatta & Goldsmid, the oldest member of the London market), The Millennium in Gold, World of Diamonds, The Smugglers and, with Maureen Green, The Good Water Guide. For many years he was a regular speaker at international gold conferences. He lives in London.

Book Sinopsis

After tracking modern markets in The World of Gold and The Gold Companion, Timothy Green now reports on gold as money and a symbol of power and wealth over the last 6,000 years. Gold's beauty and unique properties of conductivity, ductility, malleability and resistance to corrosion have meant that each age valued it differently.

The book embraces four major periods:

The Ancient World (pre 4000 BC - 1 BC), when the gold trade expanded beyond Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) and Egypt around the Mediterranean. The Phoenicians established international precious metal trading routes, the Etruscans and Scythians became 'virtuoso' goldsmiths, Croesus launched gold coins while Alexander the Great seized the Persian treasure.

Empires (AD1-1200) reports on the growth of four major empires, China, Rome, Byzantium and Islam, each playing significant, but differing roles in the world of gold.

New Horizons (1200-1700) reveals the trading power of Venice which held the first gold 'fixings' and the unique talents of Pre-Columbian goldsmiths in South America whose ornaments were melted down by Spanish invaders. That gold was squandered furthering Spain's imperial ambitions.

Gold Standard (1700-2000) examines the rise and fall of the gold standard, first in Britain and then worldwide after the Californian, Australian and South African gold rushes. Finally, today's role for gold as jewellery, in electronics and as an investors' safe haven in dangerous days is examined.

The Ages of Gold describes the importance of gold throughout human history and, appropriately, is being launched at a time when the precious metal is very much in the news, with its price reaching an all-time high.

About the publisher

GFMS is the world's foremost precious metals consultancy, specialising in research into the global gold, silver, platinum and palladium markets. GFMS is based in London, UK, but has representation in Australia, India, China, Germany, France, Spain and Russia, and a vast range of contacts and associates across the world. This is GFMS' second venture into book publishing.

Book specifications

RRP: £33
ISBN: 978-0-955411-1-7
Language: English
Publisher: GFMS Limited
Published 14th November 2007
Hardback, 480 pages

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