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<p>[QUOTE="JIMV, post: 321215, member: 11853"]I hope you are right, but we are speaking of the government. These are the same folk who will steal a house for $10K in back taxes, sell it for $150K and keep the entire windfall (Most state and local governments). This is the government that promised 'free health care for life' to career veterans yet who now charge fees and copays for the free care.</p><p> </p><p>They did steal gold in 1933. If foreign governments begin demanding real value and not simply paper for their goods, like oil, what does the government do, protect the wealth of a few hundred thousand collectors or grab that gold to keep the oil flowing?</p><p> </p><p>That was not my question though...My real question had more to do with putting a value on the coins, a value 1/18 its real value. Krugerands don't do that. I would feel more secure if our coins did not list a bogus face value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JIMV, post: 321215, member: 11853"]I hope you are right, but we are speaking of the government. These are the same folk who will steal a house for $10K in back taxes, sell it for $150K and keep the entire windfall (Most state and local governments). This is the government that promised 'free health care for life' to career veterans yet who now charge fees and copays for the free care. They did steal gold in 1933. If foreign governments begin demanding real value and not simply paper for their goods, like oil, what does the government do, protect the wealth of a few hundred thousand collectors or grab that gold to keep the oil flowing? That was not my question though...My real question had more to do with putting a value on the coins, a value 1/18 its real value. Krugerands don't do that. I would feel more secure if our coins did not list a bogus face value.[/QUOTE]
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