Headquartered in Eagle, Idaho, Independent Living Bullion provides for its clients expert guidance on a variety of precious metals products. Independent Living Bullion also offers for sale such products as bars and bullion rounds made of metals like silver and gold.

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Headquartered in Eagle, Idaho, Independent
Living Bullion provides for its clients expert
guidance on a variety of precious metals
products. Independent Living Bullion also
offers for sale such products as bars and
bullion rounds made of metals like silver and
gold.

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A popular investment choice, gold has been
used as currency and store of value since
Egypt in 1500 BC. Moving forward thousands
of years, to 1787, the United States issued its
own gold currency -- originally designed by
goldsmith Ephraim Brasher. Twelve years
later, gold was discovered in North Carolina,
leading to a gold rush that lasted into the
early 19th century. Recognized as a valuable
element, gold mining and refining became a
major industry.

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The Gold Standard Act of 1900 obligated the
United States to introduce and manage a
fixed exchange rate in correlation with the
gold standard rates of other countries.
Though the gold standard was eventually
phased out, and limitations on
minting, licensing, sale, purchase, and
ownership came into effect in the 20th
century,

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Gold has generally continued to increase in
value -- particularly as the dollar has
decreased in purchasing power as a result of
inflationary monetary policies. Priced in U.S.
dollars, gold is valued at 60 times higher than
100 years ago. And gold today is worth well
more than four times what it was less than a
decade ago.