Category Archives: The History of it All

Gold Coinage of the Latin Monetary Union After Brexit, there has been a growing number of voices within the European Union and among various nationalistic groups arguing that English should be replaced as the official language since now only Ireland … Continue reading →

Discover 3 of the largest gold nuggets ever found on earth and the stories behind their discovery… THIS is the story of Our banner image … Gold. Its story is our story. Its discovery drove, inspired and expanded America, paving … Continue reading →

Economical Documentary on the international financial system, Gold, Dollar, Money. In 2008 the world experienced financial turmoil. Markets crashed, stocks plummeted, and financial institutions thought to be invincible, collapsed. Was the financial crisis solved or were the problems merely kicked … Continue reading →

In the beginning… As an outpost of Great Britain, colonial America of course used British pounds, pence, and shillings as its money. Great Britain was officially on a silver standard, with the shilling defined as equal to 86 pure Troy … Continue reading →

Something a bit unusual for this site and what follows will describe said image in detail. You will note that a blown up version of this work of art is currently displayed as the background image for Sierra Madre Precious … Continue reading →

Up until recently I had never given much thought to the subject of economics. I never took an economics class in school and my understanding of the subject could be best explained by, “Don’t spend more than you earn.” However, … Continue reading →

All the usurpation, and tyranny, and extortion, and robbery, and fraud, that are involved in the monopoly of money are practised, and attempted to be justified, under the pretence of maintaining the standard of value. This pretence is intrinsically a … Continue reading →

~ “Nova Roma” ~ March 2012 ~ Rome in the days of the Republic was a city-state, not an empire. Their army was comprised of citizen-soldiers, called to duty in times of peril. The afterglow of their system of government … Continue reading →

It amuses me whenever I hear President Trump and his fellow Republicans excoriating Democrats Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and other leftists for being socialists. After all, let’s not forget that Trump and Republicans, along with their Democratic cohorts, … Continue reading →

NOTE: The following article was written by Harry Hurt III and published in the September 1980 issue of Playboy Magazine. We previously published this column in June 0f 2012. The time has come to look back on history. Sadly, the … Continue reading →