I agree. What's the point of PM's anyway? I like them in coin form because there may be some numismatic bounce. I am only mildly numismatic,...
If I lived in Germany I'd get into some of the French silver or the German wildman coins. I think you can get some silver at around melt, and...
They are talking about it in Washington already: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-08/will-the-white-house-kill-trillion-dollar-coin-talk
I don't think even a pizza sized platinum coin would be big enough. If you think an ounce of platinum is worth say $1576 an ounce, It would take...
It would make sense if the price of an ounce was around 25 cents. I think I'll start collecting any copper coins I see in the foreign coins bin...
Mint the coin! Extend and pretend! Maybe people would understand less if we printed it on paper and then sold it to the Fed, like we do now...
I agree! Mint the coin! But my reasons are slightly different. Give it to the Fed who we owe all sorts of money to, to pay them back a bit so...
Thanks! I think old French bronze will go up in value eventually. I noticed one which I got for $5 is now worth around $20 on ebay, so maybe...
I got an 1800 French 5 centimes. I like those thick, heavy bronze coins they came out with after the revolution. I have two other Louis from...
Pre 1982 pennies are going to have a little numismatic value eventually. Especially if they discontinue the penny. I collect them by putting...
Please feel free to merge my trillion dollar question with this one. It's a lot more entertaining with a survey question. I think the biggest...
Here's a little pic of the Lakota. I think this is a 2 because they have a half ounce round as well, and don't want to assign any US currency...
I like the idea of a large copper coin with value. Like the ones they minted after the French Revolution, or large cents. They had some value...
You are right. I would rather buy copper coins than something called bullion that is 5x what copper is selling for. I wonder what will end up...
I read somewhere that the Fed is buying up to 90% of T-bills now, so what's a trillion dollar coin going to do? We are in real trouble, and the...
What do you think of the trillion dollar coin idea? We are borrowing from the Fed anyway. (Some say up to 90% of T-bills are just "bought" by...
Nice! These really make sense!
It may become the thing that people use for barter, since the denominations are not too high. Here's a place that sells copper rounds and bars....
Even around here I sometimes pick up Canadian quarters and dimes at under the spot price. Canadian is strange because for the "junk" it's around...
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