02 Gold history in Europa search reading

The Europa search page is an excellent tool.
Search word "gold":


http://ec.europa.eu/geninfo/query/resultaction.jsp?userinput=gold

There are many nice docs revealed here, good to research, e.g. history how investment gold got its 0% VAT in EU..

Many Finds e.g.:

1. Basics:
http://europa.eu/about-eu/index_en.htm

2. One from many explanations:
The European flag – 12 gold stars in a circle
(nice -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_flag - "12 ounces in a troy pound")

3. Nice doc:

A return to the convertibility principle?
Monetary and fiscal regimes in historical perspective.
The international evidence by Michael D. Bordo and Lars Jonung
http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/publication876_en.pdf

4. Nice doc:
A long term perspective on the euro; Michael Bordo and Harold James
http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/publication12121_en.pdf