And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, July 25, 2026
The Slug, minted privately during the gold rush to help alleviate the lack of money
I recall a story of a guy who bought gold, counterfeited gold coins, and no one said a thing, as coins were scarce. It solved the immediate problem, the crisis ended, and he was quietly thanked and told not to do it any more. Which he didn't, he was a business man, not a crook.
Dang, I wish I could recall were I must have read that. Ferguson's "Money"? I don't know.
Bet thats worth a considerable sum.
ReplyDeleteCould be worth tens of thousands!
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'FIFTY DOLLS'
ReplyDeleteIt;s worth a lot...with a house on it!
ReplyDeleteIt's rarity today comes from FDR stealing the privately held gold, melting it down and using it to finance his socialist changes to America.
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DeleteBack when Gold was money, and money was gold.
ReplyDeleteI recall a story of a guy who bought gold, counterfeited gold coins, and no one said a thing, as coins were scarce. It solved the immediate problem, the crisis ended, and he was quietly thanked and told not to do it any more. Which he didn't, he was a business man, not a crook.
Dang, I wish I could recall were I must have read that. Ferguson's "Money"? I don't know.