الذهب أثمن السلع جميعًا؛ فهو كنز، ومن يملكه فقد ملك كل ما يحتاجه في الدنيا، وفيه وسيلة لإنقاذ الأرواح من المطهر، وإعادتها إلى نعيم الجنة.

“Gold is the most precious of all commodities; gold constitutes treasure, and he who possesses it has all he needs in the world, as also the means of rescuing souls from purgatory, and restoring them to the enjoyment of paradise.”Christopher Columbus — Select Letters of Christopher Columbus: With Other Original Documents, Relating to His Four Voyages to the New World (1870)