Gold has been accepted and used as a valuable metal for thousands of years and it can be widely proven from many culture artifacts in many parts of the world. In Egypt, for example, with its five thousand years old culture, the proof of gold as a part of the culture is an endless source of research and treasure hunting. It was shaped into jewelry, sarcophagus, cutlery, coins and much more other stuff as a symbol of wealth and power. Up to the present it still is as valuable as it used to be despite the large time gap in between. This is the fact that the value of gold is and will never be flappable regardless time and place.
Especially for coins, the value is even steadily rising every time. In Islamic culture, the gold coins are also referred to as gold dinar with some specific characteristics that are different from other regular gold coins. Among other things, the essential difference is the weight. Unlike any other bullion gold coins, which vary in carat and weight, this gold dinar is always made of the 22 k gold weighing 4.25 grams as a standard weight and carat. Besides being used as an investment, this gold can also function as other means of payment, originated from Islamic culture.
Up until now in the digital era where online technology has no boundary across the world, this Islamic gold dinar also takes part in the online market and its value keeps being appreciated. Since its existence cannot be separated from Islamic culture and history, many countries have even tried to revive its function as a means of payment which is in accordance with its first function when it was first minted. Therefore, the revival of its function is not merely for the sake of its original intention, but beyond that, it has strong connection to the religion and the effort to implement Islam in its right track.
