Gold has been used to store wealth for more than 3,000 years. Why? Because gold is very rare – and gold today is becoming ever-more difficult to find and mine.
Atomic number 47 in the periodic table (symbol Ag), silver is a uniquely useful precious metal. The most common (0.07 parts per million in the earth’s crust vs. 0.03 for platinum and 0.01 for gold) of the noble metals – meaning it is resistant to corrosion and oxidation. Silver has been used to store wealth for 5,000 years, and was the foundation coin of most monetary systems before the 20th century.
Compared with gold or silver, few people ever think about investing in platinum, and fewer still take action. Yet platinum offers a unique investment with a solid case to consider:
