Category Archives: Let’s Get Physical

Why not? Op-Ed columns, legislative decisions, news and economic and precious metals commentary from around the nation and around the world. Wall Street and the Federal Reserve be damned! All the reasons under the sun and the darkness of a moonless night – as to why YOU need to have precious metals in YOUR possession – ’cause some day it’s going to rain – and precious metals will become your safe harbor in an economic storm.

Why Gold is Money

It’s an unfortunate historical anomaly that people think about the paper in their wallets as money. The dollar is, technically, a currency. A currency is a government substitute for money. But gold is money. Now, why do I say that? … Continue reading

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The World Gold Standard of 1870-1914: the Most Perfect Monetary System Ever …

The most perfect monetary system humans have yet created was the world gold standard system of the late 19th century, roughly 1870-1914. We don’t have to hypothesize too much about what a new world gold standard system could look like. … Continue reading

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Historical Sketch of Paper Currency

ART. XIII. -HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PAPER CURRENCY Hon. C. Gayarre, pp. 77-87, 1866 INVENTION OF PAPER MONEY- FRENCH EXPERIENCE – JOHN LAW ENGLISH EXPERIMENTS – COLONIAL – RUSSIAN – CONFEDERATE STATES – OUR NATIONAL CURRENCY. This article, which has been … Continue reading

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Franklin D. Roosevelt & Gold Confiscation

Facsimile of Executive order April 5, 1933 (emphasis added) POSTMASTER: PLEASE POST IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE. – JAMES A. FARLEY, Postmaster GeneralUNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT issued April 5, 1933 all persons are required to deliver ON OR BEFORE … Continue reading

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Gold and Economic Freedom

This article originally appeared in Ayn Rand’s newsletter: The Objectivist published in 1966, and reprinted in her book, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. Unlike his years as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Greenspan can speak in English when he wants to … Continue reading

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The Legend of Jacque Dupré

At the end of World War I, in the year 1918, Frenchman Jacque Dupré inherited the equivalent of $325,000.00 American dollars. Dupré used his inheritance wisely by converting it all into French, 20 franc gold coins. Each day for the … Continue reading

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