How much is a Mexican 50 pesos gold coin worth?
The 50 pesos weighs 41.67 grams at a fineness of 900, more metal than a one ounce coin. Here is how to work out its value from the gold price, and how to tell a genuine one.
Which gold bar should you buy? From the 5 g minted bar to the 1 kg bar
The right gold bar is not the largest your budget allows, it is the one that lets you sell exactly what you need. Premium against divisibility, across nine weights from 5 grams to one kilo.
The price of gold per gram today: how to read it and work it out
The gold price per gram is the value of one gram of pure gold at the price of the moment. Here is how to read it, and how to turn it into the value of a coin or a bar.
The gold price in August 2026: a record in sight, is now the time to buy?
On 5 August the gold price gained more than 4% in a single session, close to $4,260 an ounce. What is driving the rise, and how to approach buying without trying to time the low.
Faced with instability, gold is the favourite investment of the Turks
After the lira fell some 10% in a day, a survey puts gold ahead of the dollar as the place Turks would put their money, 40% against 20%.
Global demand for gold coins and bars at its highest since 2016
Since the fourth quarter of 2016, demand from private buyers for gold coins and bars has not been higher: 86 tonnes in China, twice the five-year average in the United States, and a doubling in Turkey.
Gold and inflation: myths and realities
Gold protects against inflation, so the saying goes. Over two thousand years, yes. Over the last fifty, inflation explains only 16% of its moves. The real link runs through real interest rates.
Global gold demand firms up
Jewellery demand in the United States is at a twelve-year high and Swiss gold exports to China are back above 75 tonnes: two signs that final demand is following the gold price up.