Postal Gold Blog – Everything About Gold

Postal Gold offers their services to anyone who has scrap gold that they would like to sell in a quick and convenient manner.  Your scrap gold may consist of broken jewellery, an old wedding or engagement ring, dental gold, or gold coins – all of it goes, as long as it contains gold.  You can send in your gold to Postal Gold, and it will then be melted down into gold bullions to be sold on the gold market.

To order a gold kit, visit the Postal Gold website and enter your details, including your home address.  A gold kit will then be sent to you immediately.  The kit contains an envelope for you to put your gold in.  The service is free, as well as insured for up to 500 GBP.  Postal Gold takes security seriously, and the gold kit is addressed to an anonymous sender.

When you send your gold to the Postal Gold laboratory, it will be analysed to find out how exactly much gold it contains, and a payment for your gold will be worked out according to the quality and the grade of the gold.  The money will then be sent to you within 24 hours.  It really couldn’t be easier!  You can then accept or decline the offer.  Should you wish to have your gold back from us, you can contact us within 14 days of the payment issue date, and you will then have an additional 14 days to send the payment back.  Customer satisfaction is of utmost importance to Postal Gold!

For more details, visit the PostalGold website, postalgold.com.  Sending your gold in to us is one of the easiest ways to make some extra cash from any scrap gold you might have lying around.

Gold engagement rings have a long and rich history.  The first use of rings to signify the bond of marriage between a man and a woman was first recorded in Ancient Egypt.  The ring was a symbol of eternity and divinity, because of its circular shape.  The first engagement rings were probably not made of gold, however – it is thought that they were fashioned out of natural materials like leather and wood, to symbolise a connection to the earth.

The people of Ancient Egypt were also the first to wear the engagement ring on the third finger of the left hand, whereas other ancient cultures wore the ring on the fourth finger on the left hand – this finger supposedly contained the vena amoris, the “vein of love”.  It was thought that the finger contained a vein leading straight to the heart.  Ancient Greeks and Romans also wore engagement rings.

In the ninth century, Pope Nicholas I declared that the gold engagement ring should be a symbol of a husband’s ability to care for and provide for his wife.  Pope Innocent III made another declaration in 1215 saying the same, except with an added clause that iron and silver rings were also suitable engagement rings to be recognised by the church.

In the middle ages, the gold engagement ring was known as the bond or gimmel ring.  In more prosperous circles, precious and semi-precious stones were added to the plain gold ring as a decoration and a symbol of wealth.  Later on, diamond engagement rings became a standard for those who could afford them.  The first person to own a diamond engagement ring was Mary Burgundy who was betrothed to Archduke Maximillian of Austria in 1477.

And that is the history of women’s engagement rings.  The history of men wearing engagement rings is much shorter.  This only became commonplace during World War II.  Many of the men sent off to war got engaged beforehand, however many of them knew that they would have to wait years before ever seeing their fiancées again.  The ring became a reminder of the woman waiting for them.

It is a sad fact that many marriages end in divorce, and the engagement ring and wedding band can be a sad reminder of a past relationship that didn’t work out.  Many divorcees choose to sell their rings.  For more information on gold buyers, visit the Postal Gold website, postalgold.com.

Gold is one of the most useful minerals mined today because of its unique properties.  It is durable, highly malleable and can withstand many extreme conditions.

Here are a few interesting facts about the use of gold in industry:

• Of all the gold that gets mined yearly, 10% is used for industrial purposes – about 400 tonnes of gold.  Most of this gold is used in Japan, followed closely by the USA.

• Gold is a good electrical and thermal conductor.  Because of this, it is found in almost all electronic devices, including mobile phones, washing machines and even pocket calculators.  The gold used in electronic devices is refined until it is nearly 100% pure, and it is then stretched into a thin wire that is one hundredth of a millimetre in diameter (gold is extremely malleable when pure).  The wire is then used to connect semi-conductors and circuits.

• Gold is crucial in the telecommunications industry.  The diaphragms of telephone mouthpieces contain gold, and it is also used to plate the contacts of phone jacks and connecting cords.

• Gold is also used extensively in aeronautics.  It is an excellent reflector and offers protection against light and infrared rays.  Because of this, pieces of space shuttles are covered with a gold coating in order to reflect radiation and keep the inside temperatures constant.  Astronaut’s helmets have a gold coating on the visors to protect their eyes and skin from solar radiation.  Gold is also used to lubricate parts inside space shuttles because it decreases friction.

• Gold nanoparticles have a wide variety of uses.  They improve solar cell efficiency, are used to make home pregnancy testing kits more effective, and much research is being done on their potential for use in the medical industry.

All in all, gold isn’t just used for pretty objects that adorn our bodies.  It is an extremely useful and practical metal, and much of society depends on it!  Since the amount of gold available for us to mine is dwindling, it is crucial to keep what gold we have in circulation, and recycle old gold.  This is why it is important to send old electronic devices to recycling centres, so that gold and other valuable parts can be re-used.  And if you’re strapped for cash and have scrap gold lying around (such as broken jewellery, gold coins or dental gold), it’s a good idea to send it in to Postal Gold – not only will you be doing a good deed, you’ll also be getting money for it!  Visit the Postal Gold website – Postalgold.com – to find out more about recycling old gold.

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Up until now, around 150,000 tonnes of gold have been excavated from the earth.  It is estimated that we have 50,000 tonnes left available for mining.  However, it has also long been known that the world’s oceans contain about 6 million tonnes of gold dissolved in sea water.

Naturally, many entrepreneurs and scientists have tried to find ways to extract this gold, dreaming of fortunes untold.  One of the most notable of these was the German chemist Fritz Haber, who received a Nobel Prize in 1918 for developing a way to synthesise ammonia.  After the First World War, Germany was forced to pay an astronomical sum of money in reparations.  Haber decided to investigate the viability of extracting gold from sea water, hoping that it could be a way to help his country pay off these debts.

However, as Haber soon found out, one tonne of sea water contains only a minuscule amount of gold.  The amount varies in different locations, but it can be approximated that a litre of seawater contains 13 billionths of a gram of gold.  Extracting the gold from seawater would produce an amount of gold that would, if you were lucky, barely cover the costs of extracting it in the first place!  And this is provided that the method of extraction is 100% efficient, which is very difficult to ensure.  Haber decided after much experimentation and investigation that the extraction of gold from seawater was highly uneconomical.

However, Haber was not the last person to investigate this possibility.  Since his time, many others have tried to find ways to efficiently extract gold from the sea.  Methods proposed (and rejected) include everything from using mercury to form an amalgam with the gold, to introducing microbes that ‘breathe’ in gold and solidify it in their waste products.

Perhaps the future will see us with advanced technology that will make gold extraction a viable and economic option.  Until then, we will just have to stick with good old fashioned gold mines, as well as recycling old gold.  On that note – if you are looking for gold buyers to recycle your scrap gold, be sure to check out Postal Gold’s website.  Since we can’t yet make gold out of water, we might as well make sure that the gold that we already have stays in circulation!

Just as with any registered post, when you send off your gold to postal gold, you will be able to track your packages progress at any time. When you log onto Postal Gold there is a small magnifying glass symbol which has Track Your Gold Kit written next to it. All you have to do is click on this symbol, and it will take you to a new window where the heading will be written again. You will be asked to fill out your Order ID and your Postcode. If you are not sure what your ID is, click on the information button beside the box to learn more. You then click on submit, and it is as easy as that!!

For more information check out Postal Gold.

A lot of people are worried about being ripped off these days, what with oil prices escalating (especially now with the BP oil spill), food prices soaring and daily living expenses sky rocketing. It is getting harder and harder to make ends meet, and people are constantly searching for other options in terms of income. There have been new companies popping up world-wide, and now with the price of gold higher than ever there are numerous businesses providing a service to post your scrap or old gold in for some extra cash, such as Postalgold. Some people fear that these companies are rip offs, and although some most certainly are – there are also some which aren´t. One can only advise to do your research, in both pawn shops and other companies such as postal gold and find the price which best suits you!

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As Postal Gold is such a new company, they are constantly expanding their team, and ways of getting their services out there. If you type Postal Gold jobs, or Postal Gold Vacancies into a search engine, chances are you will get a lot of hits. Their headquarters are based in the very trendy suburb of Shoreditch, in London, and because they are a company who are expanding internationally, there are numerous possibilities for people from a variety of backgrounds, and languages. There are a lot of United Kingdom websites for job vacancies, and if you feel like working for an innovative and fun international team, you should have a look at Postal Gold. There is a broad variety of people needed, so you should check it out and see if you fit the profile!

Postal Gold are a company offering a service to anyone who has any gold which they have, and don’t want anymore. It may be broken jewellery, an old wedding band, gold coins, teeth – pretty much anything so long as it is gold. Postal Gold are buying people’s gold so that they can melt it down into bullions which they can then sell on the market. It is a relatively new service, and Postal Gold are one of the bigger companies operating around Europe. Customers are able to order a free Postal Gold kit, which they can then post for free. Postal Gold will make an offer within 24 hours of receiving the gold, based on the quality and the grade. The customer then has the oppurtunity to accept or decline the offer, should the latter be their choice, Postal Gold will then ship their gold back to them for free. A considerably painless option for people looking for a way to get a bit of cash from the gold lying around their house!

Ever wondered what to do with all that old, broken jewellery just sitting in your jewellery box? Or maybe you need a bit of extra cash to buy something new. Either way, Postal Gold is a good way to get some money quickly. Just don’t go spending your new found riches on a Chrome Mini Cooper! An article from a UK newspaper tells of the couple who have found themselves with a literally shiny, brand new Mini Cooper which insurance companies don’t want anything to do with.
Possibly one of the most expensive, yet unused gifts – builder Ian Grice bought his wife Toni a £38,000 chrome-plated Mini Cooper as a Valentine’s gift this year. Though the only thing its good for is a mirror at the moment. Insurance companies are claiming that the car (of which the on road cost is usually priced at £17,020 – you do the maths…) will be too easily scratched, and too much of a temptation for thieves.
So, if you end up sending in your gold in to Postal Gold, and get back a bit more than what you initially thought – try to resist going out splurging on a chrome Mini Cooper! It may just be the one impulse purchase you regret, though it certainly makes for an impressive mirror!!