to invest... soon

A friend told me that she's into a new investment stint, and she is hoping that I might be interested too. You see, she told me that I can invest and buy gold coins and see how my investment grow as time goes by! She even told me that there are so many people nowadays doing this buying of gold since it has been long way back proven that this precious doesn't lose value whatever happens to the economy, so that's make this untouchable from all the downfall and the likes of money and buying power and all.
Anyways, if money (my buying power) is not a problem, I'd definitely grab this chance to invest and buy.. unfortunately, I don't think my savings is enough to buy even a single piece, so I'm looking a investing in another months to come.. when budget wouldn't be a problem at all! :D