Questions about gold | Answered by Holland Gold
On the basis of an extensive selection of questions, you will read all the current, technical and high-quality information about the precious metal gold.
Here you will find all the important information about the respective precious metal in frequently asked questions about gold. The authors of this website are all active in the precious metals industry with experience in the financial, numismatic and legal sectors.
We are in the process of expanding these questions to complete the 100 questions. If you have any suggestions for questions to take with you, you can email them to klantenservice@hollandgold.nl.
Gold Mines
- 3. Where is gold found?
- 4. How much gold is left in the ground?
- 5. How much gold comes out of gold mines each year?
- 6. How much gold comes from recycling each year?
- 7. Which countries have the largest production of gold?
- 8. What types of gold mines are there?
- 9. How long does it take to start up a gold mine?
- 10. What is the lifespan of a gold mine?
- 11. How much does it cost to mine a troy ounce of gold?
- 12. How harmful are gold mines to the environment?
Gold Stocks
Gold price
- 23. How is the price of gold determined?
- 24. What is the daily fixing for gold?
- 25. How has the gold price developed over the longer term?
- 26. Why do gold coins and gold bars cost more than the price of gold?
- 27. Why does the price of gold rise or fall?
- 28. What is true about the manipulation of the gold price?
Investing in gold
Frequently asked questions
- 36. What is the history of gold?
- 37. Can the government demand (confiscate) gold?
- 38. Can you counterfeit gold with tungsten?
- 39. How big is the gold stock of the Netherlands?
- 40. How is the weight of gold expressed?
- 41. Why are gold coins and bars more expensive than the price of gold?
- 42. Why is gold so valuable?
- 43. What is the Central Bank Gold Agreement?
- 44. Why do central banks own so much gold?
- 45. When did the Netherlands leave the gold standard?
- 46. What about the scarcity of gold?
- 47. Is gold exempt from VAT?
- 48. Why are other precious metals such as silver, platinum and palladium not exempt from VAT?
- 49. How does the VAT margin scheme on silver coins work?
- 50. Will gold ever come back as money?
Miscellaneous questions
- 51. Supply and demand of gold (The Golden Tree)
- Sec. 52. What are bullion coins?
- Sec. 53. Why buy gold?
- Sec. 54. Which Dutch coins are used for investments?
- Sec. 55. Where is the Netherlands in the top 10 gold countries?
- Sec. 56. What does the gold agreement entail?
- p. 57. Is platinum an alternative to gold investment?
- Sec. 58. What is gold used for?
