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<p>[QUOTE="avr5700, post: 1604448, member: 30063"]Happy new year everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thought the following story was interesting and a bit off the 'beaten path':</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/hathaway2.1.1.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/hathaway2.1.1.html" rel="nofollow">"Storing Nickels"</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder how big a hit those tubes are on even a cheapo metal detector...heck, these may be locatable using a garden variety dosing rod!</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect that it was a great deal more obvious to the common man back in '64 that debasement might be offering a hoarding opportunity, especially given comments from a president about how hoarding would never yield worthwhile returns. What a joke that was. Government is clearly a self interested propagandist on such matters and no friend of the masses, so if that's said about nickels at some point, well, I'll give nickel hoarding a second thought at least. It's just difficult to think of copper/nickel in the same vein as silver/gold. Until then, paying the premium on 'junk' of today seems a much better option for the long haul. Sure wish I had enough 'junk' to need a few tube burial ceremonies....sigh...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="avr5700, post: 1604448, member: 30063"]Happy new year everyone! Thought the following story was interesting and a bit off the 'beaten path': [URL="http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/hathaway2.1.1.html"]"Storing Nickels"[/URL] I wonder how big a hit those tubes are on even a cheapo metal detector...heck, these may be locatable using a garden variety dosing rod! I suspect that it was a great deal more obvious to the common man back in '64 that debasement might be offering a hoarding opportunity, especially given comments from a president about how hoarding would never yield worthwhile returns. What a joke that was. Government is clearly a self interested propagandist on such matters and no friend of the masses, so if that's said about nickels at some point, well, I'll give nickel hoarding a second thought at least. It's just difficult to think of copper/nickel in the same vein as silver/gold. Until then, paying the premium on 'junk' of today seems a much better option for the long haul. Sure wish I had enough 'junk' to need a few tube burial ceremonies....sigh...[/QUOTE]
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