Trivia

Will bernanke and the federal reserve raid and steal the alternative currency in Milwaukee like liberty dollar?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-talk_moneydec03,0,2902061.story

It is completely legal for towns, individuals, businesses, etc to use "competing" currency (as in a barter system) as an alternative to the worthless federal reserve notes. You know, those things that we call legal tender that are not backed by gold silver or anything else and are printed out of thin air.

Some towns in Wisconsin are planning to create their own currency to be used… Continue reading

Has any society benefitted from paper money?

When you factor in inflation and counterfeiting, how has any society materially benefitted from paper money, issued by a government monopoly central bank? Keep in mind that the whole world used metallic coins until the 20th century.… Continue reading

Is it bad of me to make and give away extra coupons?

I’ve had a bad habit ever since a chain operation craft store refused to give me a coupon when i had forgotten mine. They are militant about not giving coupons to customers even when they recognize them as frequent shoppers (that would be me).
I have an online subscription to their newsletter and when they send me a coupon I print at least three - then I give them out to… Continue reading

Is my 1943 roosevelt dime counterfeit?

An appraiser said it is worthless because it has to be a counterfeit. This is unlikely because it belonged to my grandfather who lived in a tiny house on the edge of a ranch where he worked. I doubt he had the space or knowledge to produce counterfeit coins. If anyone could let me know where they get their own coins appraised, I would like to take mine there to… Continue reading

Is it bad of me to make and give away extra coupons?

I’ve had a bad habit ever since a chain operation craft store refused to give me a coupon when i had forgotten mine. They are militant about not giving coupons to customers even when they recognize them as frequent shoppers (that would be me).
I have an online subscription to their newsletter and when they send me a coupon I print at least three - then I give them out to… Continue reading

Can anyone identify this coin?

I found this coin today. It is the same size and weight as a quarter (which is why I think it may be a counterfeit). It has a lotus (similar to the one on one of the Taiwanese coins) with what looks to be a capital M in the center. It has some kind of writing on it that I cannot identify.

Here’s a link to a picture of… Continue reading

Did you know that war has always been paid for through currency debasement?

http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Inflation_Articles/Inflation_War.asp

The very nature of War results in the destruction of goods. But in normal times money is spent to produce goods which makes the world a richer place.

During a war, however, things are produced but… they are not productive things but destructive. The money is spent to destroy things. Often this is combined with an increase in the money supply in order to pay for the… Continue reading

I think i have somewhat of an idea, but im not sure can someone help?

Counterfeit Coin 1: In a group of five ‘gold’ coins one of them is counterfiet. and thus weights more than the rest but looks exactly like the others. Using a pan balance, what is the smallest number of balancings needed to identify the fake cold coin?… Continue reading

Can this coin be counterfeit? How much is it worth?

I have a coin that looks just like the one in the pictures in the link below:

http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=27101&Lot_No=13118&type=tueicr27101-tem092907

Could this be fake? How could I tell?
I actually have 2 of them. Could anyone help me find out the value of them of them?
Is this a dollar coin, twenty dollar coin or what?… Continue reading

What is the Conservative view on money itself? Money is government - controlled. Shouldn't Cons reject money?

The government mints money, controls its value with monetary policy, a Federal Reserve, Trade policies, etc. The Government defends money from counterfeiting, it defends banks, and regulates them all federally. It says the name of the US federal Government right on every dollar and coin. Jesus said that’s why you should have no interest in money, just give it back to the government that minted it.

Shouldn’t Conservatives and… Continue reading