by Ralph Benko | Nov 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Thursday, November 28th, 2013 A charming story on the discovery of tiny amounts of gold in the leaves of the Eucalyptus tree recently received worldwide attention. Seeds of the Eucalyptus Tree, photo by S. Hurst courtesy of Wikipedia As summarized...
by Ralph Benko | Nov 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 The Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey offers a free booklet on gold, entitled Gold, by Harold Kirkemo, William L. Newman, and Roger P. Ashley. It’s slightly dated but a fascinating trove...
by Ralph Benko | Nov 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Thursday, November 21st, 2013 This blogger thought his $100 trillion Zimbabwe bank note was extreme. Turns out, not. Try 100 quintillion on for size. Pengos. It was worth — in 1946 — about 20 (American) cents. Courtesy of Tom...
by Ralph Benko | Nov 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 “I’ve softened in my view towards the gold standard.” — Jerry Bowyer Public intellectual and Forbes.com columnist Jerry Bowyer recently published a fascinating interview with Allan Meltzer, entitled My...
by Ralph Benko | Nov 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Thursday, November 14th, 2013 As previously posted, the monetary crisis of 1619-23 was caused by the debasement, by the authorities, of the coin. “A German mint hard at work producing debased coinage designed to be palmed off on the nearest...
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