So basically, you put your faith in the status quo. One wonders why you bother with a silver and gold forum as the status quo doesn't want...
Here in lies the classic problem of buying bullion bars. That is that for large bars you either take a risk or you get an assay done. You have...
Silver, unlike gold, is not held as a hedge against the US dollar by governments and central bankers. Silver price is being driven by naked...
Son, they did it this way in the USA for 150 years. During this period the nation had it's greatest period of industrial and economic growth....
If it is any consolation, most of humanity still does day to day transactions in asset based currency not tied to central banking. This would be...
The link you posted also says the Chinese and the USA continue to use tin-lead in solder and the Chinese have exempted any lead regulation...
The price is rising because of speculation on the silver COMEX. To put it into perspective the US Mint sold something like 34 million ASEs or 34...
Spot prices (or close to it) apply to purchases of 100 oz and 400 oz gold bars. Everything smaller has more of a premium on it due to...
Did you actually read what you posted? That is an European Union guideline, not a law, and they leave it up to the member countries to decide...
In the case of the Panda, there is a significant value add if the coin is still in it's original packaging as released by one of the Chinese mints.
What does amuse me about these coins is how often they prove wrong their detractors to be wrong. The appreciation on some of these coins has...
Indeed. And all printed circuit cards are soldered with tin/lead. Silver solder usage in electronics is non-existent. As you noted, in high...
So if you are suggesting that it would be profitable for a refiner to call up a bank(s), order up several truck loads of nickels, have them...
Your analogy is a strawman. Without stating the reason you are purchasing the fruit, then there is no opportunity cost. My point is that...
I don't believe this requirement goes into effect until 2012.
Luv, the dime has a legal tender value of 10 cents. An equivalent lump of silver/copper does not. Refine 1451 dimes down to a 100 oz silver bar...
Acid refers to the flux used, not the composition of the metal. Silver solder is not used for electrical connections. Silver solder was...
Gold backing of dollars would not prevent any of this taking place. What gold backing would do would be to put a limit on how many dollars could...
Silver usage in modern electronics is almost non-existent. The vast majority of the metal used is either copper, aluminum, tin, and lead with an...
Actually in lawful money, this would be dollars issued directly by the US Treasury and not the Federal Reserve, the dollar is currently defined to...
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