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Who Owns the Most Gold Privately?
John Paulson
Ray Dalio
Indian Families
Stanley Druckenmiller
Eric Sprott
The Royal Family of Saudi Arabia
The World Gold Council reports an estimated 208,874 metric tons of gold mined worldwide. Even knowing that, it’s impossible to estimate how much gold in the world remains. While there is plenty, much of this physical gold is too deep to mine. Experts estimate that at a rate of 3,000 metric tons per year, the world’s gold will last less than 18 years.
You can't get rid of all currency. Anything can be currency. Like if you trade a crate of eggs for some milk, the the eggs was your currency.
currency /kûr′ən-sē, kŭr′-/ noun
Money in any form when in actual use as a medium of exchange, especially circulating paper money.
Transmission from person to person as a medium of exchange; circulation.
General acceptance or use; prevalence. "the currency of a slang term."