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An EMP would cause a temporary shutdown of computers and electricity, in which case gold and silver coins would temporarily become more useful as a medium of exchange. So would regular coins and pape… (View Post)

Technology has rendered physical gold and silver obsolete for most everyday transactions, IMO. It is much less convenient than using cash and credit/debit cards. Also, crypto alternatives to governme… (View Post)

I wouldn't count on them going down much, if at all, and I wouldn't expect them to come anywhere near $85 each again. A lot more than 175,000 collectors are going to want these coins. (View Post)

Most of the original Morgan (and Peace) dollars were not minted to circulate either. Their excessive mintage was politically motivated, and as a consequence they were warehoused by the government for… (View Post)

By this criteria, wouldn't Kennedy halves dated 2002 and later also be commemorative coins? They weren't struck for circulation, and they were and are sold at a premium by the Mint. Meanwhile, earlie… (View Post)