The collective viewpoint on gold has changed since the financial dust-off of 2008 — the culmination to a process that began at the turn of the century. Gold has travelled the long and winding road from abandoned orphan and shunned castaway, to grudgingly respected over-achiever, and finally cause celebre. Having undergone a renaissance in the public psyche, It now stands in resolute opposition to the highly politicized monetary regime under which we all live — and something of a saving grace on economically beleaguered Main Street. In a sense, gold has come of age. It is barbarous no more.