Actually, it was probably 99.9% vs. 0.1%. Maybe even 99.99% vs. 0.01%. Assuming 75 million adults, that would mean either 750,000 people buying...
Footnote: I believe that the goverment spiked the football on Israel Switt's "intent to evade" the 1934 GRA assuming that was him in the U.S. vs....
Anything is possible, but consider this: The law and Treasury/Mint acknowledge that any premium payment by itself indicates "special numismatic...
When it's about to go down. :D
You would think so....but in fact, the Secret Service was tracking down 1933 Double Eagles at the same time ! There was a war going on -- albeit...
You make some good points, the note is pretty clear. A simple paying of a premium is enough for Treasury to tell Secret Service to not waste...
There are what appear to be some contradictions. I'm not a lawyer, and the ability to determine what is "controlling" and what is "dicta" is key....
I think the reaction of the financial markets -- other than gold -- would scare anybody from attempting that. You'd have a financial market...
I think 20-25 is in the ballpark.
And here are some articles from The New York Times. The March 10th, 1933 piece -- BEFORE the EO and the GRA and other laws -- notes the already...
Read the FINAL SENTENCE in the document...and the final sentence in the next-to-last paragraph. Treasury reveals that the courts will require an...
Some people got nailed hard. You had the guy who went to court when Chase Bank wouldn't give him his $5,000 in gold....you had people who sent...
If this were even being debated -- let alone a reality -- I think the impact on gold and/or monetary policy would be tiny compared to what you...
I think gold serves a different constituency than silver. CBs accumulate gold, silver has industrial usage. I believe silver trades $10-15...
As a GENERAL rule, the AU-58 advantage might be true. But I'm sure there are some 62's that can compete on eye appeal. It's probably a bigger...
Isn't the problem with many "blast whites" the possibility/probability that they've been cleaned or dipped ?
Yes, that's what some of the commentaries on The Gold Clause Cases have noted. They really are among the most under-analyzed Supreme Court...
This coin is an MS-67 CAC, but there are 2 MS-67+CACs now (well, at least 1, they're not sure of the 2nd) but whether they are truly superior...
Maybe at the price of gold when you wrote that post... but as my experience at FUN 2026 showed, with the much higher price of gold today, you can...
My 1923 picked up at FUN 2026. MS-63 OGH CAC. I had some buyers remorse right after buying it....I think it was because I had not purchased...
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