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nope says

How many apples can I buy with 70 grains of silver? How many cars?

1 troy ounce is 480 grains. 70 grains is about the amount of silver ins 2 silver dimes, which is worth about $3.35 right now.

Back in the old days, the federal government standardized silver units into dimes, quarters, and halves, which contained 0.72 ozt per $1 face value. e.g.: 0.72 troy ounces of silver in 10 dimes. So, no need to deal with grains of silver, as everything was clearly laid out, labeled, and standardized. Strangely, a silver dollar had 0.77 ozt of silver; weird.

PeopleUnited says

Ever heard of a monetary reset? I suggest one is coming soon to a "democracy" near you.

Any year now. This system can't hold up for more than a couple more centuries.

Personally, I never thought the Fed could bamboozle us for this long.

What is to prevent people from trading with each other in silver or gold?

Patrick says

What is to prevent people from trading with each other in silver or gold?

A man named Bernard von NotHaus created gold, silver, and copper coins which he called "Liberty dollars". He was sued by the Federal Government as a terrorist for doing this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_von_NotHaus

Privately, nothing. Publicly, all business's must accept federal debt notes. And bad money will always drive out good. Why should I use real money when I can pay you in worthless paper, and you HAVE to accept it?

Businesses do not actually have to accept federal debt notes except for debts.

If you don't have a debt to them yet, they could demand gold, or Rubles, or whatever before they agree to do business with you. At least that's my understanding.

richwicks says

A man named Bernard von NotHaus created gold, silver, and copper coins which he called "Liberty dollars". He was sued by the Federal Government as a terrorist for doing this.

I think his problem was that he used the word "dollar":

Federal prosecutors successfully argued that von NotHaus was, in fact, trying to pass off the silver coins as U.S. currency. Coming in denominations of 5, 10, 20, and 50, the Liberty Dollars also featured a dollar sign, the word "dollar" and the motto "Trust in God," similar to the "In God We Trust" that appears on U.S. coins.:[13]

If you just had the weight in grams and no mention of anything that's on a dollar, it might be legal.

NuttBoxer says

Privately, nothing. Publicly, all business's must accept federal debt notes.

No they don't. Some places literally refuse to take cash.

Patrick says

What is to prevent people from trading with each other in silver or gold?

laws

We can trade with each other in gold and silver, as long as the person that has what you want, wants what you have.

There's some freakiness in the precious metal markets. The price of silver (official paper price of silver) is less than half of what it was in 1980. Gold and silver are currently used as money but there is a middleman (your local gold/silver shop or website) that gets a cut when buying or selling.

Gold and silver are kind of like bitcoin, but you have to actually hold it.

This is one dollar:



You could spend a couple of them for a candy bar.

richwicks says

NuttBoxer says

Privately, nothing. Publicly, all business's must accept federal debt notes.

No they don't. Some places literally refuse to take cash.

True, but I do not know how that can have that policy. There have even been court cases where a business was forced to take payments in pennies.

Some interesting reading on the subject:

https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12772.htm

Notice how they specifically mention currency and coin together, then separately mention federal reserve notes. For anyone who's ever argued Federal Reserve notes are real money, even the Federal Reserve disagrees with you.
They also mention public charges, which would indicate Fed notes are not just for paying debt.

Can a business refuse fiat currency? In theory yes, but in practice, well, I'd wager you wouldn't want to the repercussions of practice if it became popular unless you like rigged courts, and lots of time alone in a cell. You see if refusal of all forms of Federal Reserve notes became popular(paper, coin, check, credit card, etc), the system would collapse. And the collapse would be so quick, and the changes it effected so damaging to their agenda, that there's no way they'd ever let it happen if they can stop it.

You think refusing to pay taxes is bad, try refusing all forms of Federal Reserve payments and see how long before IRS agents show up at your door.

Onvacation says

There's some freakiness in the precious metal markets. The price of silver (official paper price of silver) is less than half of what it was in 1980.

You're comparing the price of silver now to the peak when two brothers attempted to corner the market. I've said this before, the highly manipulated paper value is only useful in times of stability. If you can buy silver for spot today, it's isn't silver, or it's not the ounces they're telling you.

Onvacation says

Gold and silver are currently used as money but there is a middleman (your local gold/silver shop or website) that gets a cut when buying or selling.

There's also been a widely successful attempt to label gold and silver as investments rather than money, which means taxes. Tennessee recently passed a law voiding that tax, but they're the exception.

Onvacation says

This is one dollar:

It's not. A dollar is actually a weight first, designating a coin with a certain weight of silver. The ones made after the 50's I believe no longer have the required silver, and so become just another form of fiat currency.

A peso was also a weight of silver before it was debased into nothingness.

Inherited from Old Spanish peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from pendō (“to weigh”).

The British pound was a pound of silver as well.

https://thepickaxe.substack.com/p/uae-follows-saudi-lead-uae-officially

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has shifted from using the US dollar to local currencies in its oil trades.

•This move aligns with the broader de-dollarization efforts of the BRICS economic alliance, which the UAE recently joined.

•The UAE’s decision could significantly impact the dominance of the US dollar in the global oil market.

I started reading this thread and found a post that I made way back in 2010. In my not so humble opinion, I believe it was spot on regarding the future, which we are now living in:

"The financiers I'm referring to are those that expect the U.S. dollar to maintain its value due to fiscal responsibility by the federal government. We are spending at an incredible pace and the big money players of the world know it. We have only four basic options available to pay down our debt: 1) dramatically cut government spending and balance the budget, 2) dramatically raise taxes, 3) continue to borrow enormous sums from foreign sources (currently $3 + Billion per day), 4) monetize our debt via the printing press. I would argue that #1 & #2 will not happen due to the political suicide it would require by our self serving politicians. #3 is more palpable politically because most voters cannot comprehend that their government is basically broke and forced to borrow in order to function. #4 is the most likely scenario because it is the most acceptable to voters that do not have the capacity to understand inflationary economics, i.e. debasing of the currency. When Nixon closed the gold window in 1971, the government literally held its breath, not knowing how the world would react. We have abused our currency since that time and, although we are currently experiencing deflation in some sectors and inflation in others (along with high unemployment, i.e. stagflation), the day is absolutely coming when the excessive amounts of fiat money will finally push inflation into at least the double digits. When the big money players begin to unload their U.S. dollars, we will be forced to raise interest rates in order to attract investments in the dollar. With the economy already weakened while enjoying historically low interest rates, what do you think will happen when interest rates are forced higher?"

Back to the original thread "What is a Dollar?"

A Dollar, as of 5/14/2010 was 1/1237 of one Troy ounce of Gold.

NOTE: as of today, 11/29/2023, the dollar is 1/2044 of one Troy ounce of Gold.

RayAmerica says

Back to the original thread "What is a Dollar?"

A Dollar, as of 5/14/2010 was 1/1237 of one Troy ounce of Gold.

NOTE: as of today, 11/29/2023, the dollar is 1/2044 of one Troy ounce of Gold.

So it’s going pretty well then :) for the globalists.

Patrick says

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has shifted from using the US dollar to local currencies in its oil trades.

And just like that Nicki Haley started looking for a reason to invade UAE.

There is some good news about a weak dollar: It will help us manufacture for export again.

AmericanKulak says

There is some good news about a weak dollar: It will help us manufacture for export again.

no it won’t, unless you want to live on $10 a day

AmericanKulak says

There is some good news about a weak dollar: It will help us manufacture for export again.

And a million new workers crossing the southern border to run the factory!

Honest Abe says

Show me where a sound dollar and capitalism causes anywhere near the pain, suffering, tragedy, misery and number of deaths that a fiat currency and a powerful socialistic central government has caused.

I believe the "need" for social justice comes when the income/wealth inequality gap becomes too large.

Inflation hurts the poorest people most, and favors the wealthy. It is a stealth tax on the working class. It promotes inequality and is an injustice to retirees with savings in cash.

Patrick says

from pendō (“to weigh”).

Intereasting. "pendo" like "pendulum" the swinging clock weight, and "pendular" like the weighed down sagging breasts.

I love etymologies.

I look them up all the time on https://en.wiktionary.org/ which is blessedly non-woke so far.

This belongs here

Patrick says

As those who understand history, we know that the fiat dollar was created to replace the literal dollar as pictured above.

But what will happen when central banksters replace the fiat dollar?

Here is one possibility: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/unification-cbdcs-global-banks-are-telling-us-end-dollar-system-near

PeopleUnited says

This belongs here

Patrick says

Excellent Graphic.

https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1850904352136819132

@unusual_whales
A few days ago, Janet Yellen was answering: "How concerned are you about the long term status of the dollar?"

The US Treasury Department sign fell off.

AmericanKulak says

PeopleUnited says

This belongs here

Patrick says

Excellent Graphic.

Yes. Now we just need to add a stable coin like Tether for the next step.

Ppl haven't caught on to that yet.