The Pike’s Peak Colorado gold rush happened about a decade after the California gold rush, and brought a temporary and huge influx of immigrants into Pike’s Peak area and the Southern Rocky Mountains. The gold rush brought the first European-Americans to the region, and created a few places that would become cities such as Denver City and Boulder City. Smaller camps ended up becoming parts of larger towns, and dozens of camps simply became ghost towns. Many gold prospectors were discouraged at the end of the California gold rush, which caused them to return home. However, a few stayed behind and followed rumors that gold was to be found in the Rocky Mountains.

This following ended up paying off in the end, for those who actually took the time to travel to this area and become a part of the search for gold in what would become the Pike’s Peak gold rush. In 1858, gold was discovered, and it was less than a year by the time news reached the eastern part of the country. At that time, thousands of miners were coming to the Denver area to search for the gold that so many had boasted finding. There were many large finds throughout the area in 1859, and shortly after the mining tapered off for a substantial amount of time.

After many years, people realized that they couldn’t access the gold that was deeper in the sulfide ore, and abandoned gold prospecting in the area. However, this problem was solved over time, creating a major gold and silver mining industry in Colorado after the gold rush had come and gone. The first decade generally served the South Platte River area and the Clear Creek and South Park areas, and in 1860, Denver City, Golden City, and Boulder City were thriving towns that worked the mines as a way of life.

Still today, the area is popular among vacationers for gold prospecting adventures, but the large mines are now owned by private industry, making the findings more rare and individual prospecting less popular. Panning for gold may be fun, but it’s hardly profitable. If you want to invest in gold, try purchasing some gold coins and holding them for an extended period of time.

Medical implants also use gold in many occasions, since it doesn’t include a risk for toxicity and has a lower risk of infections. There are many different medical uses of gold, proving that it isn’t just for collecting and investing in things such as gold coins.

When it comes to medical implants, the gold is generally used in places that are at a higher risk of infection, such as the ear. It has also been used in other areas that are prone to infection, as well as serving a variety of uses in the medical world beyond implants. For example, gold is often used to treat prostate cancer, by helping to identify the size and position of the patient’s prostate during treatment. Small pieces of gold, about the size of rice grains, are used to find the prostate so that a more targeted dose of radiation can be given to the patient. Pace makers and insulin pumps also contain gold, because it has such a record of being highly reliable for electronic devices.

There are many different uses for gold, but the most cutting edge uses and research belongs to the cancer treatment area. Gold can be injected into the body and immediately travel to a cancerous area, which will allow doctors to treat these areas with anti-cancer compounds without having to treat the entire body. The newest research involving gold includes a study of how gold can bind anti-cancer compounds on their surfaces, carrying them through the blood stream and delivering them to the tumors. Once again, this allows for targeted treatments rather than full-body exposure.

Gold is such a biocompatible metal that it can be used for just about any medical need. Implants, cancer research and treatment, and even heart problems and diabetes all rely on gold for use in the various treatment products that are used. By taking the time to learn about gold and how beneficial it can be to the modern medical world, you might realize that it is much more essential to society than you originally thought. There are many uses for gold, and the medical world is not the only one taking advantage of this great metal. This is why gold will always be a great alternative investment to the stock market.

That’s about as cheap as gold will ever be and if I were you, I’d run out and buy several barrels full before the price goes up. I think a barrel is 55 gallons, so you are getting gold for about $18 a gallon. You can’t beat that. We’re all going to be rich.

If only it were true.

This coin is also referred to as the Coronet Head as well as the Liberty head and was minted from 1849 to 1907 when the Augustus St Gaudens designed double eagle took the stage and changed the course of history for the coin collector, the US Treasury as well as gold as a collectible and commodity.

There are three sub-types pf this Liberty Head gold coin. The first minting of this coin did not include the words “In God We Trust” as the phrase was added in 1866 creating the second type and the third type was minted in 1877 when the words describing the face value of the coin was changed from “Twenty D” to ” Twenty Dollars”.

While this coin is not as popular as the St Gaudens double eagle it is still sought after by collectors and gold investors becuause it is still gold and in these crazy economic times gold is as valuable as ever. Don’t miss the great deals you might be able to find on the Liberty Head gold double eagle.

Most of these original coins were melted down, but a few remain today and are extremely valuable. However, if you don’t want to have to pay possibly tens of thousands for one of the 1907 copies of this coin, you can grab a 2009 Ultra High Relief Coin for slightly over $1,000.

These are extraordinarily beautiful coins as the design is sunk deeply into the coins surface through a special minting process where the coin is struck multiple times. Only with today’s mining and stamping technology were these coins made possible. A slight edge has been added to the coin to make them stackable and more easy to store.

These coins are available directly from the US Mint, from dealers across the United States and of course, from eBay. Many good deals have been found on the auction site and the coins are are going for around $1,300 or slightly more as of the publishing of this post.

If you are interested, you can check out High relief double eagle coins on our site and place your bids right eBay to grab one of  these beauties right now.

Some presidents obviously were not married such as Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren and in those cases a coin will still be issued but it will feature a depiction of Lady Liberty on the Obverse and themes from the President’s life on the reverse. The coins are all one half ounce 24 karat gold or .9999 percent pure, thus making them true bullion coins. All have a face value of $10

The United States Mint wanted to get into the true bullion coin market due to demand from investors and in 2006 started out with the first true bullion coin issued in the United States which was the Buffalo Gold Coin. Since then the First Spouse gold coins have been added to the bullion coin lineup and will continue through at least 2016 with this program.

Listed below are the currently or soon to be available First Spouse coins:

2007 Releases

Martha Washington
Abigail Adams
Jefferson’s Liberty
Dolley Madison

2008 Releases

Elizabeth Monroe
Louisa Adams
Jackson’s Liberty
Van Buren’s Liberty

2009 Releases

Anna Harrison
Letitia Tyler
Julia Tyler (due out August 6, 2009)
Sarah Polk
Margaret Taylor

Check out our store for available First Spouse gold coins.

With the uncertainty of today’s unstable economy and volatility of the US stock market even though it is up above 9,000 again as of this post, many people are looking for alternative investments and want to get out of the market. American gold coins are the vehicle that’s filling the void for many people looking for another place to put their money.

Some of the more popular coins people are looking for and interested in collecting are the St Gaudens $20 gold double eagles, the new 2009 Ultra high relief gold double eagle, the many issues of the First Spouse coins, Indian Head quarter eagle coins and the 2006 buffalo gold coin. The buffalo coin is particularly popular because it is the first issue of the first truly bullion coin ever issued in the United States. What Make a coin be a true bullion coin? It has to be .9999 percent pure or 24 karat gold.

So if you are looking for a better place to put your money than the messed up stock market maybe you should consider investing in a few or in a variety of American gold coins for sale. You will find some of the best bargains available today by checking out eBay where you can bid against others for all different kinds of gold coins. Visit our gold coins store to find the bargain coins to add to your collection or portfolio today.

Gold Coins For Sale:

2009 Ultra High Relief Gold Coin - One of the most anticipated and sought after coins of the last decade and sure to be a classic for many decades to come.

American Eagle Gold Coins - Currently the most popular gold bullion coin minted in the United States. Still widely available, but prices are trending upward. These were minted from 1986 to the present.

St Gaudens Double Eagles - The most sought after gold pieces of numismatic value. This is the coin to own if you are a collector or investor in gold.

Liberty Head Gold Coins - A $20 face value as the St Gaudens coins. Not as popular as the previously mentioned coin, but some are just as valuable. A nice coin to own.

Indian Head Half Eagle Coins - A nice entry level gold coin as some examples are available for under $300. These feature the pressed in minting of the famous Indian Head with his headdress of beautiful feathers.

American Buffalo Gold Coins - A popular gold bullion coin made to look like the pre Jefferson nickles. Has a $50 face value and features 1 ounce of fine .9999 gold. it is the first true bullion coin minted in the United States.

Above are just an example of some of the more popular gold coins available in the United States today. All of these have held or will hold their value in gold and their numismatic or collectible value for many years to come.

Okay, let’s think about that for a minute. Suppose you are having trouble paying your bills because, just like the US Government, you have been completely irresponsible with your money. In other words, you’ve been spending more money than you make and let’s way it finally reaches the point that if you don’t do something you will go bankrupt. The question is what do you do, find a way to spend less money, a lot less, or instead, spend more money, a lot more money? What seems to be the smart choice?

If you said spend less money, then you made the right choice and are apparently smarter that the Vice President of the United States who made this statement at the previously mentioned AARP meeting,

“What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’” Biden said. “The answer is yes, that’s what I’m telling you.”

I’m speechless! What if we all took that advice when faced with economic hard times? What kind of idiots does this current administration think they’re trying to lead in this country? Unfortunately a few people will probably buy into that kind of thinking and believe the only thing that can save us and avert economic collapse is for the government to take more of your money. If you believe that, at least ask yourself how that is supposed to become a reality when we’ve been spending money in all facets of our government for decades and the problem just keeps getting worse.

If you’ve dug yourself into a hole so deep you can’t get out of, the answer is not to keep digging the hole deeper. Brace for impact and buy some gold before it’s too late.

The main cause of this would be complete irresponsibility in the governments of the world, especially from the United States Government. With 2 economic stimulus packages under its belt that can never work and talk of another on the horizon, hardly any of our elected officials in Washington DC see the utter folly of trying to get out of debt by creating even more debt. Anyone with even an ounce of sense understands that you can’t pay off your bills by creating even more bills. This current financial thinking is spelling a fast track disaster for our nation.

Much of the smart investing public is seeing around this insanity and are buying gold coins, bullion, silver and other precious metals. Gold coin dealers and auction sites such as eBay are experiencing an upsurge in sales of these commodities. Gold has not always been the best investment because it has lost as much as 40% of its value in the 1980’s, but economic times are looking seriously different now and into the future of the world economy.

To finance the senseless stimulus packages, the Federal Reserve and other central banks of the world are creating liquidity by simply printing more money. Unfortunately they don’t seem to understand that every dollar they create out of nothing devalues every other dollar already in circulation. As all other dollars lose value this is essentially what causes inflation and results in higher prices. As prices go up gold becomes more valuable and the wealth you have invested in it is preserved.

As the gold bubble is created it is obviously smart to buy now and sell when the price reaches the top. That’s not always easy to do, but when people are employed, central banks stop printing money and the economy starts to really recover, not when President Obama just hopes and says it will, that will be a good sign the gold bubble is going to burst and it’s time to move back to cash. But, all indications are that isn’t going to happen for several years, at least not until the current financial wizards in Washington stop their orgy of irresponsible spending.