Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fatima, post: 1576964, member: 22143&quot;]Yes, and you don&#039;t know your history and particularly fascinating for this subject on a coin forum as well.&nbsp; Everyone should know that during the depression dimes, quarters, halve dollars and dollar coins were all made of silver and used for daily commerce.&nbsp; Paper dollars issued by the US government were still silver certificates.&nbsp; Any of this coinage could be directly exchanged for a measure of silver grains.&nbsp;&nbsp; So yes people were trading silver &quot;trinkets&quot; for food on the streets.&nbsp; They did not use gold because the government forbid them to do so. </p><p><br /></p><p>On your second point, all the silver certificate dollars were made invalid for silver redemptions in 1968.&nbsp; So this is a case where the paper became worthless as it could no longer be redeemed for the asset it represented.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>While PM currency may or may not be suitable for the 21st century (history isn&#039;t on your side BTW) the first requirement for being analytical and logical is to first understand the existing facts and data.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is something you have apparently not done. You mention &quot;opinions&quot; and I would suggest that calling people who disagree with your faulty analysis &quot;fan boys&quot; is the dismissal of fact with opinion.&nbsp; There isn&#039;t anything logical and analytical about that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in