Golden Knowledge: 10 unknown Facts about Gold

1: Historically, Its Worth Has Been Stable

Over the past decade, the value of gold has risen sharply, from about $279 per ounce in 2000 to around $1,300 per ounce in mid-2010.
Yet for most of the previous two centuries, the per-ounce price was stable for extremely long stretches. From 1833 to 1918, for example, the price of gold never rose more than six cents from its initial price of $18.93