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So why the big interests in gold, because gold has always had a reputation as a store of value, gold has been used as money as long as there has been money. Gold is rare, easily concealable and transportable and it is a noble metal which means that it resists rust and oxidation. Put simply, people have always valued gold.

Countless people sell gold coins they have been collecting for years because they know they are now valuable enough to garner them a substantial amount of cash. People need quick cash for things like unexpected medical bills, cars that break down and need repair or everyday bills and food because their pay checks do not stretch as far as they used to because of the recession.  People are rummaging through their jewelry box and junk drawers so they can sell gold jewelry for quick cash to the many online gold jewelry brokers who will pay top dollar for even the smallest amount of gold.

What fuels the high price for this precious metal is fear, the terror that the whole economic system will collapse.  Many worry that the government will simply start up the printing presses for the paper money to pay off the massive bailouts, fuel inflation and weaken the currency.  Gold is almost like an insurance policy, it will always be there and it will always pay. 

Many economists wonder if the fear is warranted.  Economists are more worried today about a long period of falling prices and not skyrocketing inflation.  However, to gold nuts, some of whom have been predicting hyperinflation for nearly three decades, there is no doubt.  People will continue to sell gold for cash as long as the recession lasts.