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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2000350, member: 26302"]I am calling BS on this one young man. A friend is a circuit board designer, and we have discussed it from a pm perspective. He says a lot of gold is used in them, but a LOT of work is done to recover as much as possible. His frustration is they lose more in value of palladium than gold, but the word gold just causes people to do crazy things to make sure they aren't losing it. So yes, gold IS still used today in circuit boards. If you want the specific names of the boards I can get them for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, silver has more applications, but gold is "gold". Only gold is regarded as the best by most civilizations around the world. While I argue this is a learned trait, it doesn't matter. As such, each have different demands, and there is no way of knowing which will be a better investment, (at least to me). </p><p><br /></p><p>As to the poll, I have only bought more than 1 ounce of gold in coins once, most of the time its an ounce or less. For jewelry, I definitely have bought more than an ounce of gold at a time. In fact, we usually buy about 2 ounces at a shot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2000350, member: 26302"]I am calling BS on this one young man. A friend is a circuit board designer, and we have discussed it from a pm perspective. He says a lot of gold is used in them, but a LOT of work is done to recover as much as possible. His frustration is they lose more in value of palladium than gold, but the word gold just causes people to do crazy things to make sure they aren't losing it. So yes, gold IS still used today in circuit boards. If you want the specific names of the boards I can get them for you. Yes, silver has more applications, but gold is "gold". Only gold is regarded as the best by most civilizations around the world. While I argue this is a learned trait, it doesn't matter. As such, each have different demands, and there is no way of knowing which will be a better investment, (at least to me). As to the poll, I have only bought more than 1 ounce of gold in coins once, most of the time its an ounce or less. For jewelry, I definitely have bought more than an ounce of gold at a time. In fact, we usually buy about 2 ounces at a shot.[/QUOTE]
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