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  1. GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    When you read the history books, it seems like Bretton Woods was on autopilot from 1944 to 1971. In fact, there were speedbumps in...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM

  2. GoldFinger1969 liked jolumoga's post in the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    So as late as 1961 there were concerns about gold competing against the U.S. dollar by government officials, even though we have been...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 12:48 AM

  3. GoldFinger1969 liked jolumoga's post in the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    I believe you can post snippets under the fair use doctrine. Just take the most pertinent sections and feel free to post them. I suggest...

    Mar 16, 2026 at 11:20 PM

  4. GoldFinger1969 liked mpcusa's post in the thread They're Coming After Everything BUT Gold This Time.

    The answer is simple give everything to your kids before you die !

    Mar 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM

  5. GoldFinger1969 attached a file to the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    These are NY Times articles. Like this one from 65 years ago, January 14, 1961: [ATTACH]

    NYT 01-15-61 Ike vs. Gold.jpg Mar 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM

  6. GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    Louis Eliasberg was quoted by friends and those in the busness as saying he got into numismatic gold as a way to hold gold coins above...

    Mar 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM

  7. GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    Thanks. Credit to RWB. BTW, I had uploaded Page 1 twice...it's now fixed. :D 2-page memo. I think this Memo is just pertinent to the...

    Mar 16, 2026 at 9:28 PM

  8. GoldFinger1969 liked -jeffB's post in the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    That's an excellent find. It may or may not shed light on how things would go if a President tried something similar today. (Based on...

    Mar 16, 2026 at 9:27 PM

  9. GoldFinger1969 liked jolumoga's post in the thread Premium on common double eagles.

    There is also case law that deserves some analysis. There are so many angles to this topic.

    Mar 16, 2026 at 9:08 PM

  10. GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread Premium on common double eagles.

    We can talk about it in the 1944 Thread since this thread is mostly focused on premiums on common Saints/Liberty Heads in particular,...

    Mar 16, 2026 at 9:08 PM

  11. GoldFinger1969 liked jolumoga's post in the thread Premium on common double eagles.

    Please do! I am eager to have this fleshed out. I think this deserved its own thread.

    Mar 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM

  12. GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread Premium on common double eagles.

    See the 1944 Treasury Dept. Memo to the NYC Secret Service in the Coin Chat Thread. :cigar:

    Mar 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM

  13. GoldFinger1969 liked -jeffB's post in the thread Premium on common double eagles.

    And, of course, AGEs were not exempt. ;) I'm not entirely sure how this played out at the time. I mean, all pre-1933 US gold is...

    Mar 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM

  14. GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread When High Resolution Hurts: The Case for Showing Less.

    GDJMSP had some shots of a coin a few years ago....the lighting or the angle was changed and the coin looked 100% different. It was...

    Mar 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM

  15. GoldFinger1969 liked Denis Richard's post in the thread When High Resolution Hurts: The Case for Showing Less.

    I once photographed a coin so clearly that the images couldn’t be used. It sounds counterintuitive, but I ran into exactly that...

    Bulk Coin Banner-Full size-Insta.jpg Case Comp-green.jpg Contrast.jpg In Camera.jpg TP-2022_b copy.jpg LR.2017LibertyBellG.png Bulk Coin Banner-Full size.jpg Mar 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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