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Silver as Money back in Circulation
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Posted on 02/13/2003 11:08:05 AM PST by BlackJack
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posted on
02/13/2003 11:08:05 AM PST
by
BlackJack
Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: TonyRo76
Uh oh, something more valuable and cherished than Federal Notes ?
This catching on just shows that the public can distinquish between value and ...............
I'm at a loss of words to describe US Federal Notes.
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posted on
02/13/2003 11:37:12 AM PST
by
imawit
To: BlackJack
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the Constitution SPECIFICALLY prohibit banks and states from creating their own currencies ??
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posted on
02/13/2003 11:40:36 AM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Chance favors the prepared mind.)
To: imawit
That's all we need, carrying around lumps of metal in our pockets for money. The GOP buried the Democrats' "free silver" nonsense a century ago.
To: BlackJack
This was what I was looking for
Article I
Section 10.
No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility.
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posted on
02/13/2003 11:47:05 AM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Chance favors the prepared mind.)
To: Centurion2000
Your right, but that was a long time ago. Time to move on, nothing to see here.
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posted on
02/13/2003 11:50:10 AM PST
by
unixfox
(Close the borders, problem solved !)
To: BlackJack
I agree with the poster who said that this seems unconstitutional. Also (perhaps more importantly) these "silver dollars" seem to be every bit as valuable as US dollars -- but are sometimes worth 10% more. Uh, basic economics? Free money out of nowhere? 10% return without really making a bonified investment? Paging, Mr. Ponzi.
To: imawit; All
Ultimately not even to wipe one's rear(like Weimar notes and French Assignats)---guess we'd better spend them before/as rest of the world is finally waking up.
Did you all see AG squirm and waffle as our Reps grilled him yesterday??
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posted on
02/13/2003 11:53:21 AM PST
by
IGNATIUS
To: Centurion2000
make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts
Looks like the states are forbidden by law to accept fiat. At $10 an oz they got a pretty good markup built in, last I saw silver was about $4.60
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posted on
02/13/2003 11:53:56 AM PST
by
steve50
(Nolan in 04)
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: Centurion2000
Your quote would seem to grant a specific exemption for gold and silver coin.
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posted on
02/13/2003 11:56:53 AM PST
by
Oberon
(I think I need a nap.)
To: steve50
Looks like the states are forbidden by law to accept fiatI wonder if anyone has tested that.
OTH This says nothing about banks, which issued notes (paper money) prior to the Civil War.
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:00:46 PM PST
by
NathanR
To: NathanR
I'm thinking of selling some property. Should bring about twenty ozs of gold eagles with a face value of $50 each. I wonder how the IRS is going to react to this idea.
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:12:28 PM PST
by
steve50
(Censorship, the last resort of weak minds)
To: Oberon
Your quote would seem to grant a specific exemption for gold and silver coin True, but they are selling paper money, not coin.
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:27:36 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Chance favors the prepared mind.)
To: Centurion2000
Is the satae doing this or just some people who decided they would trade other forms of currency? If individules want to make this sort of agreement then it seems perfectly legal.
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:35:27 PM PST
by
Khepera
(tag... your it!)
To: Centurion2000; unixfox
Well, it is being issued by a private company. So not unconstitutional. Actually not a big deal either. When credit cards were new, people might have wondered if they were "creating currency" or "unconstitutional" as well. But they weren't and aren't.
However, I don't see the point, since nobody is making money off of this. And you have to trust that the private company will indeed "buy them back". If that company goes under, or takes the money and runs, then people and merchants are stuck with the paper. Or maybe the company figures they will take people federal dollars in exchange for "Liberty" dollars and just bank the federal dollars and earn interest. When someone wants to exchange the Liberty dollars back for federal dollars, they do so. Which means if enough people signed up for this, the company could make money and survive...but what is the point? Why would people want these darn "dollars" anyway?
To: IGNATIUS
guess we'd better spend themor trade them for something real while that's still possible. Anyway that's what Gspan wants. Soooooo much moola, you don't mind thrown down a few just to do it even.
Sooooo much mooola that there's no sense in hoarding, saving, collecting.
....... then go get some credit.
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:49:45 PM PST
by
imawit
To: steve50
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:53:34 PM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: Grand Old Partisan
Democrats' "free silver" nonsense a century ago. ... aaaaaaaaaaaaah, I think ... it's 2003 this year.
Time's change ? Don't things change ?
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:54:41 PM PST
by
imawit
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