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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 1132081, member: 15929"]Virginia Yes, Utah No. Utah passed legislation allowing the State to "accept" bullion as a payment form for taxes. Virginia on the other hand was proposing legislation to "mint" commemoprative coins out of bullion to "sell" and bolster their cash reserves. Two different things. One is accepting bullion for is market value as "lawful" payment of debt whereas the other is for "selling" bullion at its market value. Ref: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/03/utah-considers-return-gold-silver-coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/03/utah-considers-return-gold-silver-coins/" rel="nofollow">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/03/utah-considers-return-gold-silver-coins/</a># "The Utah House was to vote as early as Thursday on legislation that would recognize gold and silver coins issued by the federal government as legal currency in the state. The coins would not replace the current paper currency but would be used and accepted voluntarily as an alternative. The legislation, which has 12 co-sponsors, would let Utahans pay their taxes with gold and also calls for a committee to study alternative currencies for the state. It would also exempt the sale of gold from the state capital gains tax.[/QUOTE]