Re: The Secret World of Gold
Very interesting! Thanks for posting this. Even gold is a form of fiat money, as pointed out in Captain David Astle's book, "The Babylonian Woe," which may be found online in free PDF version. Among other things, the book tells how certain "bullion brokers" would use international trade to swindle the various nations, for example, collect much of the silver coinage of old England (thus decreasing the money supply and injuring the economy), and then use it to purchase gold in far off India or China where you could benefit from a closer exchange rate. Then use that gold back in England and France, etc. Astle's book is well worth a read and has changed the way that many look upon the financial world.
Even though gold (and silver) are forms of fiat money, at least they tend to hold value over time, down through the ages, unlike, say, federal reserve notes, French Assignats, Confederate Dollars, Pre-War German Marks, etc.
Another Captain of note, when it comes to both gold and certain Bankster Malfactors (particularly the Rothschilds) is Captain Ajit Vadakayil, an East Indian ship's captain who commanded mostly blue ocean tankers over parts of four decades. His blog is a treasure trove of what certainly appears to be truth about many things -- much of it new to western conspiracy investigators, who are not much aware of what has been going on in jolly old India down through the ages.
For example: The western region of the Indian sub-continent -- the areas closest to Europe and the Middle East (aka Western Asia) -- in that part of India is located the state of Kerala, in southwestern India on the Arabian sea.
Kerala prospered greatly for thousands of years, trading spices and other valuable goods to the West.
In fact, Roman historian Pliney was speaking to the Roman senate one day. He said that India was a sink of the world’s gold. He complained to the Roman senators: "tell your wives to use less Indian spices, Indian silks, Indian cottons, because ‘the Indians are not buying anything from us, and so we’re losing our gold.’": Allegedly, 65% of Rome’s gold was landing in Tamil Nadu.
What did the Indians do with all that Roman gold?
Especially since they didn't need to purchase any Roman goods?
There were no banks, so they'd fill pots full of Roman coins (and other treasure). This would be walled-up in the foundation of the various Hindu temples in the Kerala region.
Later, after Islam invaded India, a Muslim ruler broke apart and demolished most of the Hindu temples in the Kerala area and looted all that gold, bringing it to one central location under his control.
That Muslim was Tipu Sultan. After he had all the hard work done and consolidated that vast pile of gold, the Rothschilds, who ran the East India Company, had Tipu's kingdom invaded. Tipu Sultan was killed and all that gold was loaded onto fast Rothschild clipper ships and brought back to Rothschild headquarters in Europe.
Most Western conspiracy students know how Rothschild robbed the prince of Hess, stealing gold that the prince had acquired by leasing "his" peasants out as Hessian Troops, mainly to the English King, to fight against the American Revolutionaries. That was a lot of gold!
However, the Indian fortune was much greater!
The Rothschild banking cartel then used their great reserves of gold to take over the world, which is where we stand now, when the Rothschilds are not even mentioned in the Fortune 500, though their riches vastly dwarf the wealth of all the commonly-touted "richest men in the world."
Tipu missed at least one temple because recently, in the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvanathapuram, a huge fortune in gold and other treasure was discovered, welled up in one foundation vault. The estimated value of just the bullion value (ignoring the antique and artistic value, since many priceless treasures were inclued in the trove) is alleged to be nearly US $ 22 billion.
Captain Ajit Vadakayil covers all of the above in this and other posts, on his blog:
http://ajitvadakayil.blogspot.in/2011/10/tipu-sultan-unmasked-capt-ajit.html