Anyone who's paid the slightest attention to the financial world knows that the currencies of different countries hold different values. For example, a U.S. dollar = 0.84 Euros = 117 yen = 64 Jamaica dollars. Easy enough. In late 2004, millions of investors began to buy WoW gold, a new currency that soon outpaced the value of the Indian rupee, the Icelandic kroner, and the Russian ruble. Big deal, you say? It is when you consider the fact that the currency these investors buy, WoW gold, has absolutely no basis in reality. WoW is short for World of Warcraft Gold, one of the premier MMORPGs on the planet, and WoW gold is WoW's in-game unit of currency. It's no good for anything outside of WoW, but it's worth real gold to millions of diehard WoW players - and they're hot to buy WoW gold from just about any source.