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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 1104015, member: 4703&quot;]The last time I checked, paper currency, whether or not &quot;backed&quot; by gold or silver, is <i>not</i> &quot;gold and silver coin&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sure don&#039;t see how this proposal could pass muster under the clear language of Article 1, Sec. 10 of the US Constitution:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b>No State</b> shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; <b>coin Money</b>; emit Bills of Credit; <b>make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts</b>; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>(All &quot;strict constructionists&quot; among us, please take note - the quoted language is an original part of the Constitution, not part of <i>any</i> amendment, and not an &quot;interpretation&quot; by the Supreme Court.][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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