Obviously you have never been in business before and clearly have no idea DH.
The Perth Mint is a business (owned by the WA govt) that also refines approx 94% of all AU mined gold. It also refines gold from NZ, PNG, Fiji, Thailand & Malaysia etc. Refining capacity is in excess of 700 tonnes PA which makes the PM the largest gold dore refinery world wide.
http://www.perthmint.com.au/about-refinery.aspx
As for your beloved US dollar...it has lost approx 98% of it's purchasing power since inception. Not a good bet vs gold.
