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<p>[QUOTE="ronterry, post: 1384731, member: 28569"]Believe me, I'm the biggest opponent to the Federal Reserve on here, but the B.E.P. also made Silver and Gold Certs which is paper all the same. It cost the government an insane amount of money to make these fiat pieces of cotton & linen, and I'm not talking about the material cost, but the hundreds of years of tradition, and the zillions of hours that goes into these beautiful pieces of numismatic history. If you take a poll, I doubt your going to have Hamilton scoring higher than Jefferson on the paper forum.</p><p>I had a chance to tour both facilities (Denver Mint, and B.E.P. DC), and enjoy both coins and paper and I honestly can't say I favor one over the other? They are both currently fiat, and both have their pros and cons.</p><p>BTW: I just picked up the latest P/D rolls of 2012 ATB, and it was far from face my friend, and don't even get me started with those flipin hockey pucks!</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy about a happy medium?</p><p><img src="http://www.ronterry.com/Numismatics/Currency/Images/D5-1886-SC.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ronterry, post: 1384731, member: 28569"]Believe me, I'm the biggest opponent to the Federal Reserve on here, but the B.E.P. also made Silver and Gold Certs which is paper all the same. It cost the government an insane amount of money to make these fiat pieces of cotton & linen, and I'm not talking about the material cost, but the hundreds of years of tradition, and the zillions of hours that goes into these beautiful pieces of numismatic history. If you take a poll, I doubt your going to have Hamilton scoring higher than Jefferson on the paper forum. I had a chance to tour both facilities (Denver Mint, and B.E.P. DC), and enjoy both coins and paper and I honestly can't say I favor one over the other? They are both currently fiat, and both have their pros and cons. BTW: I just picked up the latest P/D rolls of 2012 ATB, and it was far from face my friend, and don't even get me started with those flipin hockey pucks! Happy about a happy medium? [IMG]http://www.ronterry.com/Numismatics/Currency/Images/D5-1886-SC.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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