Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 3080972, member: 4781&quot;]I have my theory. If you can get through my 35-screen slide show, my reasoning will be evident: <a href="http://www.moonlightmint.com/VAM_privately_made/00.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.moonlightmint.com/VAM_privately_made/00.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.moonlightmint.com/VAM_privately_made/00.htm</a> .</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an excerpt from screen 35:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Congress passed the Pitman Act on 23 April 1918.</b></p><p><b>This act mandated the melting of 270 million silver dollars.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Three years later the US Mint produced 87 million silver dollars dated 1921,</b></p><p><b>then 84 million more in 1922, 56 million in 1923, 36 million during 1924-1926, <b>and 12 million from 1927-1935.</b></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Why would the US Government melt 270 million silver dollars,</b></p><p><b>only to replace them with 275 million new coins within a few years ?</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Somebody in the government knew the enormity of the [counterfeiting] situation, and this was their method of “cleansing” the circulating coinage base.</b>[/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