i-gold™ or, Internet Gold™, is a digital currency, or e-currency, issued exclusively by i-gold Corporation, backed 100% by physical gold and in worldwide circulation via the Internet. i-gold is accounted for in physical weight of 999.5 refined gold and denominated in PGG™ (Pure Gold Grams™.) Using i-gold to facilitate online payments from one country to another is efficient, secure, totally private and instantaneous, allowing both sender and receiver to avoid the inconveniences of wasted time, high transfer fees, and lack of confidentiality, associated with other payment methods.