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...
I agree. Somewhat equivalent to on farm grain storage when computing grain inventory.
With an asset based currency wouldn't such a move amount to stealing wealth. Yesterday my $1000 worth of currency could be redeemed for an ounce...
Addressing inflation in the 1800s certainly the fact during this time the US was sitting on and mining the largest gold and silver deposits the...
There has to be 1% to 1 1/2% annual inflation of the money supply just to maintain equilibrium. In 1800 the population of the United States was...
Read a blip on conflation website that India is working on an arrangement to pay Iran in gold for oil. Such a deal could offset some of the Greece...
I can see the the value of gold has increased and has been a good investment recently. What I can't seem to get my arms around is the concept of...
This is where the whole evil bankster idea confuses me. If money is worth nothing what does it matter if the evil banksters steal it all?
What else would they buy with it?
If what you say is entirely true then a correlation between gold and silver has to exist. A correlation between gold and cotton has to exist. A...
Theft of scrap metal has become a big issue throughout the US. I'm in the scrap yard business and every state I operate in has passed some sort of...
Actually I am of the opinion - which could be far off the mark - that junk silver coinage isn't being melted in great quanities. It is just...
What does it matter? (Intrinsic value) means what it means. In the investing and financial industry it is a generally accepted term utilized to...
How could that be? 1. I used YOUR source (The Futures Market) from the OP for the price. 2. I used YOUR measure of price (The Dollar) from the OP...
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