Percentage-wise, not as much as regular Saints when gold had the recent run-up. But now you are seeing prices move, as the Details coin showed....
Recent Prices: 1928 OGH MS-66...............$3,624 w/bp 1927 MS-66 1927..............$3,574 1924 NGC MS-66+.............$3,750 And an MCMVII...
I didn't even realize there were 3 shows...I thought just 2 shows. And I was surprised to find out that even FUN and Long Beach had 2 shows each...
You can watch the auctions in real-time and learn alot. Heritage is pricey...but so is driving around to lots of dealers, coin shows, collectors,...
I think the crystalline structure reference was to the die being deformed at the microscopic level when the 100-120 tons of striking pressure were...
If you have a Proof coin that is super-reflective...probably because of the special Proof Dies....then forgetting about crystalline die structure...
Too late. They needed this change 30 years ago. :D
The Chinese Communist Party leadership knows that the yuan can NEVER be a reserve currency as long as they don't respect private property rights,...
I remember the 1980's vividly....rates finally started to come down in 1985 and 1986.
Understood....I would just say that foreign holders can NOT just dump their Treasury holdings. Their currencies would appreciate and they'd kill...
Understood....but I think this debate is more economic and monetary than political.
Very few individuals or institutions held their Treasury positions when bond prices bottomed. China didn't have sufficient reserves until about 2000.
Not necessarily, as the U.S. dollar is the global reserve currency. Google "exhorbitant privilege". :D
The Fed sets SHORT-TERM rates...not long-term rates. Those are set by inflation. Were you around in the 1970's ? The Fed refused to get ahead...
The Fed is not in charge of the NASDAQ, it's in charge of the economy and inflation. Lots of savers will be very happy in 3 months when money...
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He says later on (I truncated the section) that you see SOME luster on the devices but not as much on the fields. Remember, the section on luster...
Well, it's from his book so I assume he agrees with it. No reason not to. Insider, do you agree in whole or in part with what I quoted in Post #66 ?
I don't know where the next $200 is on gold, up or down. But I'm pretty sure the next $1,000 is UP. The cryptos have been a disaster, including...
Yeah, the Fed doesn't care about inflation....that's why they're hiking Fed Funds to 2.50-3.00% and taking on a recession to kill inflation....
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