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Monday, September 28, 2009

PUBLIC GOLD Malaysia : Gold Bar & Coin

About Public Gold



Public Gold is the brand name of Public Fine Gold International Sdn Bhd (“PFGI”). PFGI was set up with the intention to buy and sell physical Public Gold bar and coin at international market gold price. PFGI operates a fully integrated physical gold exchange centre that includes a physical trading system and a platform developed by in house IT expert. It allows customers to receive live gold prices (24 hours a day) and to place buy-and-sell orders relating to physical gold trading procedures. The business can also be conducted with PG bullion dealers via telephone.

The main activities consist of:
  • Minting and refining
  • Conducting a Gold Exchange Centre
  • Gold trading operations
  • Providing safe keeping facilities

Public Gold have been recognized by the Malaysian Book of Records to be the first Malaysian company to produce certified gold bullion bar locally. Minted in 999.9 to a thousand parts pure gold, Public Gold offers a stable store of value with potential for capital appreciation over time. And most importantly, this gold is tradable at the market.The group has obtained clearance letters from Bank Negara Malaysia and the Monetary Authority of Singapore allowing our company to mint and trade in gold especially gold bars and gold coins. Both of these are marketed under our very own trademarks; Public Gold, and Public Dinar.



Malaysia Book of Records certificate

PG products


100g Gold Bar



Fineness/Gold Purity 99.99%
Weight 100.0g



50g Gold Bar


Fineness/Gold Purity 99.99%
Weight 50.0g



50g Gold Coin


Fineness/Gold Purity 99.99%
Weight 50.0g


20g Gold Bar

Fineness/Gold Purity 99.99%
Weight 20.0g
Company Info
Public Fine Gold International Sdn. Bhd.
(818840-U)
Main Office:
12E First Floor, Jalan Rumbia, 11900 Bukit Jambul, Penang, Malaysia.

Bishop Branch:
No.84, Lebuh Bishop, 10200 Penang, Malaysia.

info@publicgold.com.my
Main Office:
+604-6449999
Bishop Branch:
+604-2619999

Contact Person: Mr. Louis Ng / Mr. Branson Saw

Need more info on Public Gold or to buy PG products ...contact me

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Islamic Dinar Part 3: Using Dinar & Dirham

Using Dinar & Dirham

Gold and silver are the most stable currency the world has ever seen. From the beginning of Islam until today, the value of the Islamic bimetallic currency has remained surprisingly stable in relation to basic consumable goods: A chicken at the time of the Prophet, salla'llahu alaihi wa sallam, cost one dirham; today, 1,400 years later, a chicken costs approximately one dirham.

In 1,400 years inflation is zero.

Could we say the same about the dollar or any other national currency in the last 25 years?

In the long term the bimetallic currency has proved to be the most stable currency. It has survived, despite all the attempts by governments to transform it into a symbolic currency by imposing a nominal value different from its weight.

Reliability

Gold cannot be inflated by printing more of it; it cannot be devalued by government decree, and unlike national currencies it is an asset which does not depend upon anybody's promise to pay.

Portability and anonymity of gold are both important, but the most significant fact is that gold is an asset that is no-one else's liability.

All forms of paper assets: bonds, shares, and even bank deposits, are promises to repay money borrowed. Their value is dependent upon the investor's belief that the promise will be fulfilled. As junk bonds and the Mexican peso have illustrated, a questionable promise soon loses value.

Gold is not like this. A piece of gold is independent of the financial system, and its worth is underwritten by 5,000 years of human experience.

Islamic Dinar Part 2: What is the Dinar?

According to Islamic Law...

The Islamic Dinar is a specific weight of 22k gold (.917) equivalent to 4.25 grams.

The Islamic Dirham is a specific weight of pure silver equivalent to 3.0 grams.

Umar Ibn al-Khattab established the known standard relationship between them based on their weights: "7 dinars must be equivalent to 10 dirhams."

"The Revelation undertook to mention them and attached many judgements to them, for example zakat, marriage, and hudud, etc., therefore within the Revelation they have to have a reality and specific measure for assessment [of zakat, etc.] upon which its judgements may be based rather than on the non-shari'i [other coins].

Know that there is consensus [ijma] since the beginning of Islam and the age of the Companions and the Followers that the dirham of the shari'ah is that of which ten weigh seven mithqals [weight of the dinar] of gold. . . The weight of a mithqal of gold is seventy-two grains of barley, so that the dirham which is seven-tenths of it is fifty and two-fifths grains. All these measurements are firmly established by consensus." Ibn Khaldun, Al-Muqaddimah

How is the Islamic dinar used?

1. The Islamic Dinar can be used as saving.
2. It can be used to pay zakat and dowry as required by Islamic Law.
3. It can be used to buy and sell as it is a legitimate medium of exchange.

Islamic Dinar Part 1: History of Dinar


History of the Dinar In the beginning the Muslims used gold and silver by weight and the dinar and dirhams that they used were made by the Persians.
The first dated coins that can be assigned to the Muslims are copies of silver dirhams of the Sassanian Yezdigird III, struck during the Khalifate of Uthman, radiy'allahu anhu. These coins differ from the original ones in that an Arabic inscription is found in the obverse margins, normally reading "in the Name of Allah". Since then the writing in Arabic of the Name of Allah and parts of Qur'an on the coins became a custom in all mintings made by Muslims.
Under what was known as the coin standard of the Khalif Umar Ibn al-Khattab, the weight of 10 dirhams was equivalent to 7 dinars (mithqals).
In the year 75 (695 CE) the Khalifah Abdalmalik ordered Al-Hajjaj to mint the first dirhams, thus he established officially the standard of Umar Ibn al-Khattab. In the next year he ordered the dirhams to be minted in all the regions of the Dar al-Islam. He ordered that the coins be stamped with the sentence: "Allah is Unique, Allah is Eternal". He ordered the removal of human figures and animals from the coins and that they be replaced with letters.
This command was then carried on throughout all the history of Islam. The dinar and the dirham were both round, and the writing was stamped in concentric circles. Typically on one side it was written the "tahlil" and the "tahmid", that is, "la ilaha ill'Allah" and "alhamdulillah"; and on the other side was written the name of the Amir and the date. Later on it became common to introduce the blessings on the Prophet, salla'llahu alayhi wa sallam, and sometimes, ayats of the Qur'an.
Gold and silver coins remained official currency until the fall of the Khalifate. Since then, dozens of different national currencies were made in each of the new postcolonial national states created from the dismemberment of Dar al-Islam.
History has demonstrated repeatedly that paper money has been a permanent instrument of default and reducing the wealth of the Muslims. In addition, Islamic Law does not permit the use of a promise of payment as a medium of exchange.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Why Gold?

Whether as a stepping stone into the physical market, or as a move to diversify your investment portfolio, gold offers strong benefits to an investor.

Gold offers secure value and is easy to invest.Historically, the value of national currencies may rise and fall but the value of gold remains remarkably stable. Gold fulfils the function of money and is accepted worldwide as a form of payment. You don't need a huge sum of gold to begin investing gold bullion coins, for example, can be purchased from weights as low as a quarter troy ounce.
Gold is the most liquid asset.Gold can be readily bought or sold 24-hours a day in one or more markets around the world. This cannot be said of most investments, including stocks of the world's largest corporations. In addition, the trading spreads on bullion are generally narrower than the spreads on stocks and bonds (which are considered liquid assets).

Gold diversifies your portfolio.Gold's low-to-negative correlation with stocks and bonds makes it an excellent portfolio diversifier. In fact, many financial advisers recommend keeping 5% to 10% of your total assets in gold. With gold, you can help offset market fluctuations and reduce volatility

Malaysia Bullion : Kijang Emas




Kijang Emas introduction

The Malaysia Kijang Emas is the official bullion coin of Malaysia.
It was 1st issued in 17 July 2001 making Malaysia the 12th country to issue its own bullion coin.
The Kijang Emas has a gold purity of .9999 millesimal finesess.The coins come in denominations of RM200, RM100 and RM50 which are nominal face values, and weighs 1 oz, ½ oz and ¼ oz respectively. RM is the notation for the Malaysia ringgit.The purchase and resale price of Kijang Emas is determined by the prevailing international gold market price.


Design

The design on the obverse of the Kijang Emas depicts a barking deer ("kijang") in its natural habitat in the Malaysian jungle. Also appearing on the obverse are the words BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA, for the central bank of Malaysia as the issuer of the coins; KIJANG EMAS; the weight; gold purity; and the year of minting.
The reverse side features the hibiscus, the national flower of Malaysia together with the denomination face value, as well as the words BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA in Jawi (Arabic) script.


Kijang Emas as investment
Over the years, the gold price is increasing as you can see in below chart which shows the price movement of gold from year 2000 to year 2009 in USD.



The selling price of 1 oz Kijang Emas 1 year ago was RM2943 (02/09/08).
The buying price for 1 oz Kijang Emas today is about RM3461 (02/09/09).
So you will get a profit of RM518 if you sell it now, that is 17% profit per year.
So Kijang Emas is a very good investment to get into.

Where to buy Kijang Emas
Kijang Emas bullion can be bought at Maybank Malaysia.
However, not all branch have Kijang Emas stock. Below are the list of branches of Maybank with Kijang Emas stock in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.


Bangsar Baru Branch
66, 68 & 70, Jalan Maarof, Bangsar Baru, 59100Kuala Lumpur

Bukit Bintang Branch
G-Floor, Bangunan Yayasan, 55100 Jalan Bukit Bintang,Kuala Lumpur

KL Main Branch
1st Floor, Menara Maybank, 100, Jalan Tun Perak, 50050Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Selangor Branch
11 & 13, Jalan Raja Jalil,45000 Kuala SelangorSelangor

Petaling Jaya Main Branch
50-52, Jalan Sultan (52/4), 46200 Petaling Jaya, P.O. Box 270, Jalan Sultan, 46730 Petaling JayaSelangor

Shah Alam Main Branch
10, Persiaran Perbandaran, Section 14, 40000 Shah Alam, P.O. Box 7109, 40702 Shah AlamSelangor

More info
Information
Daily Price Bank Negara Malaysia
Daily Price Maybank

Daily Silver and Gold Price Forecasts by Franklin Sanders (goldprice.org)