Can you become famous by buying gold?

I know it sounds silly when you read the title but it turned out to be true to a peasant. He (incidentally he is my relative) is a silent worker and loves the adulation for whatever he does in his own discreet way.

I tried to teach him blogging but he simply did not have a blogger in him. True to his nature, he believes in reaping the fruits of his sowing efforts. He showed unusual brilliance for figures (not human figures buddy).

I asked him if he would be interested in investing in bullion purely for making profit. Noting the gleam in his eyes, I patiently explained to him about how to buy gold, when to buy and where to buy.

With the aid of numerous online graphs showing the gold price movement, I taught the villager whatever has been taught to me by the U.S. Gold Bureau, the authority in precious metals investment.

Then, the attentive student simply vanished from my life for two years only to surface again in the local newspaper that featured him as a successful bullion trader from a remote village.

Hmmm. What have I learnt from my own student?

Modern gold coins preferred by youngsters.

Even when it comes to gold coins, the younger generation wants something modern; they are not interested in ancient coins. My son ridicules me when I show him my rare coin collection if one would call it a collection.

Moreover, he is already half-American as he has been living there since April 2010! He says he will not buy anything non-American! I view it as little too much.

Nevertheless, at least he has the tendency of saving and that too in bullion, the safest way to protect one’s wealth. It seems he has built up a few American friends who are teaching him why it is always advisable to buy certified gold coins.

I am very pleased to read his last email in which he had written that he bought a platinum eagle coin and directed to its image in Flickr.

I have reproduced it below. It is lovely!