Ordering Coins from the US MINT

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• p8nt Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭

  June 23, 2005 10:52AM

  Simple way to solve it. Dont buy gold and silver from the government.

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• LanLord Posts: 11,723 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 23, 2005 11:03AM

  Least of my worries. Think about it, you can buy gold and silver from every coin store or anyone on ebay. If they start tracking the people that they sold gold to, most will simply say "Sorry, I sold it on ebay".
  
  

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• GAT Posts: 3,146 ✭

  June 23, 2005 11:21AM

  Gold was demonetized in 1933 and demoted to a commodity status. Today it's no better then pork bellies etc.

  USAF vet 1951-59

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• ddink Posts: 2,748

  June 23, 2005 1:05PM

  As much competence as the mint has shown lately, I highly doubt they keep up with all that, or that they care. Remember, the government isn't plotting some secret nefarious scheme--if they ever do seize gold and silver again, it's going to be an ad hoc thing, not something well-planned for decades. If they decide to seize gold/silver THEN they might ask the mint for info, but I highly doubt they are building a database of mint sells just to have on file in case they ever need to seize gold/silver.
  
  Large purchases of gold and silver bullion are logged by dealers and reported to the government, but isn't that mostly for purposes of preventing money laundering and tax evasion? After all, our dear relative named Sam needs to know how much our "investments" are worth so that when you sell them he can take his share!

  I heard they were making a French version of Medal of Honor. I wonder how many hotkeys it'll have for "surrender."

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