"John Smith" wrote in message
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On 6/20/2011 12:57 PM, Scout wrote:


"george" wrote in message
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On Jun 21, 6:58 am, "Scout"
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"John Smith" wrote in message

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On 6/20/2011 6:08 AM, D. Peter Maus wrote:

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All of which opens the door to government interference in the
otherwise
legal purchase, and possession of the commodity.

As we've learned over the last several years, the government is
NOT to
be trusted in matters that intrude into private citizen
activities. This
includes, and may especially include, ownership of precious metals.

When I was a child, one very effective method of "storing gold" was
in
fruit jars with the caps dipped in wax and buried in the ground ...

Now, why on earth would you need to use a jar, much less seal it with
wax
given Gold's nature as an effectively non-reactive metal.

Makes a better story...

Yea, it sort of sounded like a made up story when he told it.



Hey, you can sell any gold you have, if you ever get a job and can afford
any ... a fool and his money are soon parted, yanno'?

I have quite a bit of gold, though generally in the form of collectable US
gold coins which appreciate at far high rate than bullion does. Most of them
the older coins, but I do have one I picked up at a local pawn shop because
it was graded MS-70 for a MS-60 price.