services within its borders. The currency issue is one of international relationships and as gold is borderless it is where Central Banks will turn to insure those trade relationships carry on without regard to risk while proving it can collateralize its currency for trade. As a medium of settlement there are few simpler alternatives than Gold but it is not the only choice as I have already noted above. So when we also consider that other Central Banks around the world are now bolstering gold stocks against a backdrop of widespread currency devaluations then it should be clear to even the children in the room that moves are afoot to stabilize trading realationships and reduce currency risk while also insuring transaction liquidity is sufficient in a worst case scenario. A worst case situation would be the collapse of the European Union and the possible dissolution of the Euro with the concommitant risk of multiple sovereign defaults and bond failures. This is not just a possibility in the minds of some economists but an inevitability although I seriously doubt the Euro is truly at risk. So how do you protect yourself against such a scenario at a time when social discord may overrule current political dictates? Let us not forget the ballot box and how it may bring less cooperative elements to the forefront as a disenfranchised electorate chooses those with more radical solutions to our collective problems. The world is clearly becoming more discordant as job losses mount and living