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<p>[QUOTE="doug444, post: 1918166, member: 38849"]I calculated the weight, too. Figure 3.11 grams uncirculated, but for ease of calculation, let's say 3 grams even. For 3 million cents, that's 9 million grams. In turn, that's 9,000 kilograms, or pretty close to 20,000 pounds, or 10 [American] short tons.</p><p><br /></p><p>First I want to know how you get a dump truck load of coins into Mexico, especially when things are going to heck.</p><p>===============</p><p>For Troodon, when things get bad, there will still be money of some sort. Gold and silver are the only REAL money. They will be at the top of the heap. The whole point of hoarding PMs is to preserve the purchasing power of your savings. Everything that is dollar-denominated, such as stocks and bonds, Federal Reserve currency, real estate, antique cars, baseball cards, savings accounts, etc., etc., will be AT RISK. Gold and silver are REAL money with no counterparty risk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="doug444, post: 1918166, member: 38849"]I calculated the weight, too. Figure 3.11 grams uncirculated, but for ease of calculation, let's say 3 grams even. For 3 million cents, that's 9 million grams. In turn, that's 9,000 kilograms, or pretty close to 20,000 pounds, or 10 [American] short tons. First I want to know how you get a dump truck load of coins into Mexico, especially when things are going to heck. =============== For Troodon, when things get bad, there will still be money of some sort. Gold and silver are the only REAL money. They will be at the top of the heap. The whole point of hoarding PMs is to preserve the purchasing power of your savings. Everything that is dollar-denominated, such as stocks and bonds, Federal Reserve currency, real estate, antique cars, baseball cards, savings accounts, etc., etc., will be AT RISK. Gold and silver are REAL money with no counterparty risk.[/QUOTE]
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