Bzzzt! According to ChatGPT, around 1925 the average American had about $100 in savings - the middle class may have had more. This seems plausible...
I've seen the same arguments from the sports card niche, and I'm just not convinced. People do get a buzz from seeing their collections rise in...
We have to look at laws not just from literal interpretation, but also from their practical effects: EO 6102 effectively discouraged gold-buying...
I hear you. There have been some robberies off of Craigslist, so be careful. It's best to take precautions and meet at a public place where it's...
So, the people discouraging others from investing in the "paper" market do not take into account just how obscene the physical premiums can be,...
Oh, if silver goes below $50, I will load up on a silver ETF - and I will DCA if it continues to go down. Now that we have a $120 all-time high,...
The Standing Liberty quarters have not saved me from this. Oh, well, at least I have a nice VF-XF collection now.
What's scary is, if silver is the leading indicator I think it is, it may be telling us where the world's stock markets are headed in a few...
I had a suspicion that China was manipulating gold (and possibly silver) behind the scenes, to undermine the U.S. dollar. There are so many forces...
I think precious metals are leading indicators, so the recent crisis as well as potential monetary easing in the future have largely been priced...
There was a silver confiscation in 1933 based on Executive Order 6814, with an exclusion for coins and numismatic items. It was then rescinded in...
I understand what the others are saying. Some of the coins did come out weird or splotchy, but they were never stellar coins to begin with. I...
I guess I'm the outlier here because I believe starting all over allows one to strategize better the next time. So I sold most of my coin...
This is what I might call a field test - concrete evidence versus theory. I get that many are conservative, and because there is technically some...
Yeah, it's just a matter of timing. If there is demand destruction, there will eventually be money-printing to offset that and re-stimulate the...
Me <----- was wrong. Those who called the blow-off top from $121-122 were correct. But, to be fair, very few people predicted silver would hit...
Another important detail as I review the history and personalities around the time of gold confiscation is that the Secretary of the Treasury at...
Here is a 22-minute lecture by Professor Barth of Arizona State University (history and banking) on the gold confiscation of 1933 via EO 6102, and...
With a quick glance, it looks like at least a couple of coins came out better - and overall it's an improvement. I know people commonly say it's a...
One of my thoughts from all of this - as my understanding evolves - is that any future executive order to confiscate precious metals will require...
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