Yes your account is insured up to the prescribed limits but the government does not settle the claim by issueing the account holder a check or...
US citizens pay their income tax with dollars but they don't pay them with base money. Income taxes are withheld from your paycheck, you write a...
Revenue Act of 1861 - taxed income over $800.00 The Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act passed in 1894 taxed income over $4000.00 16th Amendment...
Webster's Dictionary - currency - something (as coins, treasury notes, and banknotes) that is in circulation as a medium of exchange. Fractional...
In a gold standard - gold only backs the base currency. Money in 401 Ks and in your bank account are not base currency - They are derivatives...
Lincoln Wheat Cents 1944-D WDDO 015 WDDR 008 1940-S WDDO 002 WDDR 002 1946-D WDDO 003 WDDR 005 1944-D WDDO 023 WDDR 015 1944-D WDDO...
Gold has been money for 5000 years yet there isn't a gold currency remining in use. Eventually all money systems fail gold based or not for some...
They are becoming more common in the scrap metal industry. Mostly with yards that do high volumes of non-ferrous metals. Not only are they...
If the money is pegged to your gold reserve preventing the arbitrary expansion of the money supply the only avenue available is to expand the...
From 1900 to 2010 the US population has grown from under 100 million to over 300 million. The world's population has grown from 1.6 billion to...
Are you saying your company takes physical delivery of CME futures? I have always veiwed this as a rare circumstance.
I would bet relatively speaking very little silver ends up in landfills. In fact I'm inclined to believe that 80% or more of all the silver ever...
You could also apply your scrap conclusion to steel, aluminum, copper and etc. In 2010 alone 100 million ounces wnet to striking bullion coins and...
I think you missed the point. Bring it to one of my scrap yards - sure maybe I'll buy it. Pennies on the dollar. It is no longer in a recognizable...
If someone offered to sell you with a HOMEMADE 100 oz bar of silver - would you pay anywhere close to spot? How much faith do you suppose a scrap...
EVEN IF US CENTS WERE LEGAL TO MELT If you wanted to move a significant volume of them you would have to sell to a scrap yard. When a scrap sells...
It matters but from a true legal standpoint it really doesn't matter. The buyer still owes the tax in their home state anyway.
Oh come on in 1920 there were around 7.5 million vehicles in the US now estimates puts that number over 250 million. 250/7.5 equals a factor of 33...
Why spend the money to melt them? Seems to me they are just as liquid in their current state of junk silver US coinage as they are as a silver art...
Any dealer who ups and writes a check without verification that the offer is acceptable to the seller is not to be trusted. Sure they can argue...
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