The price of gold is about to surge yet again. Here's what beginner (and veteran) investors should do before then.

Gold coins found in the wall of a house in France have been sold for millions of euros at an auction. Auction house Beaussant Lefèvre and Associates told CNN that the discovered coins had sold for $3.48 million. The discovery of the coins was both significant in terms of their monetary value and rarity.

Gold is now second only to U.S. dollar as global reserve asset for central banks, having overtaken the euro last year. Here's how that happened and what may follow next.

Conditions are right for another gold price surge, perhaps to a new record high. Here's what to consider right now.

President Donald Trump 's long-touted "gold card," which offers foreigners a path to U.S. citizenship after paying $5 million to the government, is open for business. But even if you have the money, there's a waitlist at trumpcard.gov. And read the fine print carefully: Your $5 million doesn't buy you immediate citizenship.

Record-high purchases and a blistering rally in prices has seen gold overtake the euro as the second-largest asset in the reserves of the world’s central banks.

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Global holdings of the precious metal have neared highs reached more than half a century ago. It is now the second-largest reserve asset.

Gold prices soared on Friday as investors flocked to safe-haven assets following Israeli airstrikes on Iran, re-igniting fears of a broader conflict in the Middle East. Spot gold rose 1.2% at $3,424.99 an ounce as of 1143 EDT (1543 GMT),