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<blockquote data-quote="NomDeBoom" data-source="post: 3839596" data-attributes="member: 50898">Coins (in general) are a mystery to most people these days. Old codgers on meds fergit that they used to have to dig TWO out-house holes (in rocky &#039;soil&#039;) to earn a nice, shiny silver .50 cent piece- &amp; if ya give the same coin to a modern skewl child (he/she/insert preferred pronoun here) would likely ask, &#039;What&#039;s this?&#039; &nbsp;If you tell them what it is, they&#039;d probl&#039;y not be very impressed because it &#039;only sez 50 cents&#039; &amp; a candy bar costs $2...Besides that; they&#039;d have to go through 5 cashiers to know what a $1/2 is, &amp; &#039;there&#039;s no little place for it in my cash drawer&#039;. The fact that it may contain 15 to 20X that in &#039;silver value&#039; (after 8 generations of blatant artificial price control) would still evade the next 10 people- as most folks can&#039;t tell precious metal from pot metal on a bet.&nbsp;I&#039;ve actually seen where someone spent a .999 pure, 1 oz. American Silver Eagle at a gas station, &#039;cuz , &#039;Well, it SAYS a &#039;Dollar&#039; right on it&#039;. At least they were happy to get their &#039;dollar&#039;s worth&#039;, &amp; that&#039;s important these days,dammit!&nbsp; Gotta love Mark Dice&#039;s YouTube vids where he offers people a choice between a 10 oz. .999 Ag bar OR a Hershey Bar. He does the same with a 1 oz. American Gold Eagle- &amp; most people are either &#039;too busy&#039;, or would just literally rather &#039;Take Candy from Strangers&#039;. &nbsp;Seriously, though: Is that really such a bad thing ;-]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NomDeBoom, post: 3839596, member: 50898"] Coins (in general) are a mystery to most people these days. Old codgers on meds fergit that they used to have to dig TWO out-house holes (in rocky 'soil') to earn a nice, shiny silver .50 cent piece- & if ya give the same coin to a modern skewl child (he/she/insert preferred pronoun here) would likely ask, 'What's this?' If you tell them what it is, they'd probl'y not be very impressed because it 'only sez 50 cents' & a candy bar costs $2...Besides that; they'd have to go through 5 cashiers to know what a $1/2 is, & 'there's no little place for it in my cash drawer'. The fact that it may contain 15 to 20X that in 'silver value' (after 8 generations of blatant artificial price control) would still evade the next 10 people- as most folks can't tell precious metal from pot metal on a bet. I've actually seen where someone spent a .999 pure, 1 oz. American Silver Eagle at a gas station, 'cuz , 'Well, it SAYS a 'Dollar' right on it'. At least they were happy to get their 'dollar's worth', & that's important these days, dammit! Gotta love Mark Dice's YouTube vids where he offers people a choice between a 10 oz. .999 Ag bar OR a Hershey Bar. He does the same with a 1 oz. American Gold Eagle- & most people are either 'too busy', or would just literally rather 'Take Candy from Strangers'. Seriously, though: Is that really such a bad thing ;-] [/QUOTE]

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