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In 2021, Spain joined countries issuing their own gold investment coins. The country's Royal Mint has announced the launch of the first investment coin called the "Iberian Lynx" in gold.

At the beginning of the second week of December, the price of yellow metal did not undergo significant changes, gaining a foothold at $1783. Towards the middle of the month, precious metal quotes rose to $1787, closing at a 3-week high, but remaining in a narrow trading range.

The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic issued gold and silver coins in honor of the 22nd FIFA World Cup. The Argentine national team is one of the most titled football teams in the world.

Kitco ranked the five largest gold deposits in South America in the 2nd quarter of 2021. The rating was created on the basis of public data on the performance of companies.

The Pobjoy Mint announced the release of the 2nd coin from the Wild Five series with the image of a hippo. The series consists of five coins dedicated to the animals of Sierra Leone (a state in West Africa, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean).

In November of this year, the precious metal exchange rate increased by 4.15%. By the end of the month, quotes were hovering around the 50- and 200-day moving averages. From the first days of winter, yellow metal prices began to rise smoothly after the news about a new strain of the coronavirus called "omicron," as well as a series of speeches by the head of the Fed.

In October 2021, the Portuguese Mint issued three commemorative "Varnish Art" coins from the Portugal and East series. Coins have the same design, denomination, and differ only in the metal from which they are made (gold, silver, platinum), diameter and circulation.

Recently, the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange (USA) announced the sale of bonds worth $1.5 billion, later changing the amount by $2 billion. One of the leaders of the crypto industry borrows money at the expense of bitcoins.

Currently, there is a tense situation on the gold market. Dragmetall trades around $1,800 an ounce, but it's hard to predict where the course will go next. Some experts are confident that the yellow metal exchange rate will decline against the background of attractive stock assets and bitcoin for investment.

As you know, 50 years ago, American President Richard Nixon withdrew the United States unilaterally from the Bretton Woods monetary system, which was created at the end of World War II. The first and irreversible step in this process was the decree of the American president on ending the convertibility of dollars into gold.