By CoinWeek ….. Most coin collectors know about the gold standard, and many American collectors are aware of the bimetallic system under which the United States operated when Congress wrote the Mint Act of 1792, which established the United States Mint and gave name to the coins that would serve as our money. The […]
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By Everett Millman – Gainesville Coins …… It’s every goldbug’s favorite pipe dream: a return to some kind of gold standard that backs our money. Nothing remotely like a gold standard has been used anywhere in the world in almost 50 years. A true gold specie standard–the use of gold coins as money–hasn’t been in effect […]
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By Louis Golino for CoinWeek …. As happened four years ago when Ron Paul and other GOP presidential candidates came out in support of a new gold standard–it was even included in the 2012 GOP platform–several candidates have expressed support for the idea during the current GOP presidential race. Ted Cruz and the gold standard […]
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By Anthem Hayek Blanchard – Anthem Vault “A return to gold-based money is not yet front and center on the national agenda. The policy establishment still dismisses it as radical. But history has shown time and time again that great social changes begin as seemingly radical ideas.” – Steve Forbes, Money. In his latest book, […]
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