If you back the US Dollar with Gold - then gold by default becomes the world's reserve currency. The US only ranks 4th in gold production behind -...
Actually - I would think that higher price silver would make producing quality counterfeits more costly and less profitable.
Here is an example where I split with the mainstream collector community. Although the die abrasion does not add premium value to your coin it...
Bluesboy - read my previous posts and you'll find other criticism besides the name. I would go into other issues but you are right "Just as well,...
Suppose you have a 1937-D three legged buffalo nickel that you trade into a dealer for an up-grade. The basis of your new nickel will be the...
I browsed the website linked by Yak and am also of the opinion that such a change would not produce the promised results. Why not call it what it...
Yapoo - I just noticed your posting concerning the fair tax vs income tax. The point that you are missing is Income tax is levied against profit...
There is not a real shortage of silver and gold. There are enough above gound stores to meet consumption demand for years to come. The majority...
I read the article - This is not anything being dreamed up in DC - its about state and local law proposed in Federal Way and the State of...
Oil prices remained relatively flat for 20 years until 2004. Yet the cost of houses, new cars and etc went up significantly during that time. All...
January, 2011 ASE bullion sales - 6.4 million. Beats previous monthly record - November last year - by 2 million.
When I wrote - "So what you're saying is the typical strike for a 1913-T1 Buffalo is a Good Strike and not a typical strike?" was an attempt at...
So what you're saying is the typical strike for a 1913-T1 Buffalo is a Good Strike and not a typical strike?
Still no matter how you crunch the numbers - the agricultural energy inputs are basically static in the equation. Either the corn is going to stay...
2009 average yeild of corn per acre was 160 bushels. The ethanol conversion rate for corn is 2.7 gallons per bushel or 445 gallons of ethanol per...
Ratio411 - you do realize even with current ethanol production US agriculture still produces an annual surplus of corn? That the annual amount of...
From what I have read the 2010 official mintage of American Silver Eagle Bullion is going to be around 35 million pieces. Excluding 2008 @ 20...
The US mint kicked off the ASE bullion program 25 years ago in 1986. Total mintage for the 25 year period is in the neighborhood of 250 million....
China levies what is called an Enterprise Income Tax. Enterprise consisting of partial foreign investment or wholly foreign owned are treated the...
I fail to see it. Can you explain how a consumption tax applied equally to all goods imports and domestic... makes domestically produced goods...
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