FILE - In this March 13, 2008 file photo, gold coins and bars are shown at California Numismatic Investments in Inglewood, Calif. The price of gold, which has climbed for years like a blood pressure reading for anxious investors, plunged Wednesday, April 4, 2012 to its lowest level in three months. Gold fell almost $58 to $1,614 per ounce. It has declined 15 percent since September, when it hit a peak of $1,907. It had more than doubled from the financial crisis three years earlier. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)