Tampa Bay Rays 24KT Pure Gold American League Champions Coin

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The Highland Mint minted only ten 10 1.5 Troy ounce of .9999 Fine 24KT Solid Gold Coins to commemorate The Tampa Bay Rays 1st American League Pennant in franchise history! This very unique collectible is triple struck with the Official ALCS Champions Logo. Each measures 1.5 in diameter and each is individually numbered on the edge to match the numbered Certificate of Authenticity that accompanies each commemorative Coin! Each 1.5 Troy ounce Solid Gold Coin is protected in an acrylic capsule and delivered in a Cherry wood collectors case. Limited Edition of only 10 and Officially Licensed by the Major League Baseball.

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Morgan Four Light Entry Pendant in Gold Silver Leaf F9994GSL

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Features: -Four light entry pendant. -Morgan collection. -Gold silver leaf finish. -Hand worked wrought iron construction. -Ceiling mount. -Clear glass. Specifications: -Accommodates (4) 60W candelabra bulb. -UL listed. -cUL listed. -Assembly required. -Overall dimensions: 24″” H x 16″” W.

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What Affects the Value of a Coin ?

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Silver- the Perfect Christmas Gift

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When you read the title you probably are thinking that he is suggesting I buy silver jewelry for my wife’s Christmas present. No, that is not what I’m suggesting. With the current state of the economy and with the value of the dollar plummeting as we speak you stand to make a significant amount of money and also protect your wealth.

Below are the reasons why you should own Silver Coins or bullion this Christmas:

1) Wealth Protector. Since 2003, when the silver bull market officially began, silver has appreciated more than 200%. At the same time the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up a whopping 30%.

2) The Dollar Is Worthless. I have yet to understand why we use a currency that is based strictly off of confidence and not on a tangible asset such as gold and silver. Since 2000 the dollar has lost 33% of it’s value compared to the Euro. Have you noticed that your gas, electric, and food bill in the last several years has increased significantly while nominal wages have decreased.

3) Limited Supply. As with all tangible assets there is a finite supply of silver on this earth. The United States used to have the largest silver stockpile in the history of the world. In 1970 the U.S. had 350 million ounces of silver. As of 2007 they have about 50 million ounces in inventory. Where did it go? The U.S. government sold it to the industrial industry to keep up with demand for their products such as computers. With very little silver available for investment you stand to profit big time.

4) Printing Press. As the government bailes out everybody under the sun one morning we are all going to wake up with the cost of a loaf of bread $1,000. The money that the government is giving to Wall Street and soon to be Detroit is newly printed money. Money that we do not have. Guess what happens when the government prints more money… you guessed right, Inflation! An invisible tax that we get to pay while the Wall Street CEO’s get millions of dollars in bonuses. Once all of this new money makes it out into the market watch out your dollar ain’t going to buy you squat. You better own silver by this point or you will be living in a “tent city.”

Shawn L Charles
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Cedar Creek Gold Rush

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The Cedar Creek Mining District is located in Mineral County, Montana on the east slope of the Bitterroot Mountains, southwest of what is now the town of Superior. The district encompasses Cedar, Quartz and Trout Creeks and their tributaries, which originate near the crest of the northwestward extension of the Bitterroot Range. The creeks flow northeastward to the Clark Fork River. Mineral County is bound by Missoula and Sanders counties and shares a border with the State of Idaho.

Mineral County

Mineral County encompasses 1,223 square miles. Its land is 82% National Forest and is managed by the US Forest Service. 3% of the land is owned by the State of Montana and 15% is privately owned. The county’s rich mining history lends its name.

Most of the county topography is quite rugged with elevations ranging from 2500 to 8000 feet above sea level.

There are 87 miles of river, 650 miles of streams and over 50 high mountain lakes to compliment the innumerable alpine meadows, magnificent waterfalls and jaw dropping vistas.

The Mineral County area started being developed following the construction of the Mullan Trail in 1859. Prior to clearing and cutting of the trail, extremely dense forests of giant cedars, ponderosa pine, hemlock, tamarack and fir made traveling through the area arduous and very dangerous. Captain Mullan forbade any of his men to search for gold for fear a “gold rush” would disrupt the trail construction.

On September 11, 1865 the first two claims were filed, on the St. Regis River. W. W. Johnson, who had worked as a surveyor on the Mullan Trail, filed a gold claim, the “Missoula Gold and Silver Quartz Ledge,” and Peter Toft filed the “Beaver Gold and Silver Quartz Ledge”. Sketchy historical records fail to indicate whether either claim was ever actually worked.

History Of The Cedar Creek Gold Rush

In the fall of 1868, a French Canadian prospector, Louis Barrette had run out of luck and dreams working the gold fields of Northern Idaho. Despondent and broke, he set out for the French Canadian encampment of Frenchtown, Montana located along the Mullen Road. Barrette hoped that the kindness of his fellow countrymen would shelter him through the harsh Montana winter.

Traveling from Idaho to Montana, Barrette followed the St. Joe River to its headwaters in the Coeur d’ Alene Mountains. As he rode along the summit trail he noticed a deep basin on the Montana side that, to his gold prospector’s eye, looked promising. However winter was moving in and he needed to proceed to Frenchtown before snow fall in the high country prevented his passage.

Barrette firmly resolved that he would put together supplies and return to prospect the area in the spring.

On his journey to Frenchtown, Barrette met Adolph Lozeau, a fellow French Canadian who operated a ranch about five miles east of the mouth of Cedar Creek. Lozeau Forty Mile House had been a stop for wayfaring travelers along the Mullen Road for two years. Lozeau would turn out to be a pivotal character in the saga of the Cedar Creek Gold Rush.

Fortune and circumstances delayed Barrette’s return to the valley of his dreams. It was not until late fall of 1869 that Barrette was able to assemble equipment and supplies and return to Cedar Creek. Barrette and his partner, Basil Lanthier, traversed the steep cedar-clad gulch on saddle horses accompanied by a string of pack horses loaded with sufficient provisions to last them for several weeks.

Barrette and Lanthier’s departure from Frenchtown was not a well-kept secret. Rumors and speculation on the success of their exploration were common gossip. All ears waited to hear of a new gold strike or another failure.

Tired, yet jubilant, the partners arrived at Cedar Creek and then continued up stream about four miles until they found a grassy meadow located at the mouth of Cayuse Creek. Lathier went about setting up their base camp and Barrette headed for the creek.

Lady Luck smiled! On October 9th, 1869, coarse nuggets were discovered where the waters of Cayuse Creek joined Cedar Creek. Overcome with “Gold Fever” Barrette and Lanthier were not content with their first prospects and were determined to keep prospecting the gulch for richer concentrates.

Aware of the inevitable stampede once news of their discovery was known, they wished to find the best site in the area and stake it out before the swarming rush of gold seekers that would race to a strike had an chance to file claims in the area.

Finally, delighted with the near ten ounces of gold he gleaned from two test holes, Barrette established his discovery claim on the “Louiseville Bar”, which is now within the boundaries of Cinker’s Mine.

It was now late November. Winter gripped the mountains and Barrette and Lathier’s supplies were running critically low. The two prospectors returned to Lozeau’s ranch to resupply. They showed Lozeau the gold and enlisted his help to travel to Frenchtown for provisions. Barrette and Lathier knew that if they went back to the camp speculators would follow them back to their discovery.

News of a gold strike was a bigger secret than Adolph could keep. Loosened by liquor, “they found gold” slipped from Lozeau’s lips and the rush was on! By daylight the next morning over a 100 prospectors were frantically scrambling up and down the drainage.

In early December, a miner’s meeting established the Barrette Mining District and designated the town of Louisville on Barrette’s discovery claim as the district headquarters. Bad feelings arose when the Deer Lodge newspaper, the “New North-West” reported that the town of Louisville was named after Lozeau’s wife, Louise and not after Louis Barrette. Adolph Lozeau had taken credit for the discovery when he in fact had no part at all in the partners strike.

As gold seekers from all across the territory raced to Cedar Creek, the Barrette Mining District moved to establish the rules for filing claims. The length of a claim was limited to 200 feet, with width not to exceed 9 feet up the bank above the high water mark on each side of the creek. Each new arrival was allowed one claim only, with the exception of Barrette, who was allowed one additional claim to his No. 1 discovery claim.

Word of a gold strike travels the wind and spreads like wildfire. The strike on Cedar Creek was no exception. Gold seekers flocked to the frenzy. A correspondent for the New North-West newspaper, writing from Missoula, reported. “Missoula has been wild for a week”. “Hotel keepers, merchants, clerks, idle men and loafers, are all gone. . . “.

This intense migration into such a remote and restricted area presented enormous challenges in the way of food and shelter shortages. Soon 60 mule pack trains poured into the canyon selling gumboots, tarps, bacon and beans. Housing was inadequate with the majority of the dwelling merely makeshift shanties made from brush, branches and canvas. The area newspapers warned the stampeders to go “well clad, blanketed and pursed”.

Foul weather, food shortages and hazardous conditions did not deter those who suffered gold fever. Within the month the snow-packed drainage was parceled into nearly 2,500 separate claims. Tempers ran high, violence was common place and claim jumping was rampant. An estimated 3,000 men wintered that year in the gulch and it was visited by three times that many more. That first winter it was men only as there were no women on the creek in 1869.

Saloonkeepers, blacksmiths and merchants were just as excited as the miners about Cedar Creek’s potential. The new residents of Louisville, Mugginsville, Cedar Junction and Lincoln City watched with glee as these entrepreneurs ambitiously opened for business. Mining camps arose and were abandoned quickly as the focus of placering shifted around the district. The Helena Daily Herald reported on March 3, 1870 that, “Louisville had 680 houses; Cedar Junction 91. Wages are $4 - $5 a day”. “Louisville … prospecting is … running as high as $1,250.00 a pan”.

The population of the district rose upwards of 10,000 by some estimates. In 1870, Forest City, on Cedar Creek itself, reached a population of over 7,000 and was considered a commerce center for many towns in the area including Missoula. As in any gold rush, whiskey flowed, fortunes were made and lost and lives were forever changed.

Early production from the Cedar Creek Rush has been estimated as high as $10 Million Dollars. The gold mined from Cedar Creek was notably fine; some gold that was 982 fine was recovered and it was not unusual for it to be as high as 960 to 970 fine. At the time of the Cedar Creek Strike, gold was traded at $20.50 an ounce. When one applies today’s price of gold at over $1,000.00 an ounce to the calculation, the numbers are indeed impressive. Miners are notoriously closed mouth, but a few have been known to brag, so it is impossible to know the true value of the strike, however it was credible treasure and an awesome adventure.

Cedar Creek also had its share of hardrock mining. The Amador copper mine was originally discovered in 1889 by cutting into a large ore body 165 feet below the bed of Cedar Creek, but wasn’t fully worked until 1900. A townsite was laid out 11 miles below the mine, with a rail line connecting the two. Potential investors were brought out by train from the east and sold shares in the mine and lots in the townsite. A small smelter was built on Cedar Creek to process the ore. In 1919 the railroad tracks were removed in favor of hauling ore by truck. Much of the old rail bed is the foundation for the Cedar Creek Road as it is today.

There was placer mining activity along these creeks or their tributaries almost every year up to World War II. From 1946 through today, a handful of hardy miners continue their quest of the elusive golden mineral.

Welcome to Cedar Creek and may you find color in the bottom of your pan!

Marlene Affeld
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Goil Coin Collecting - Old Is Gold Indeed!

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Coin collecting is an activity that goes back to the time when coins were issued for the first time in trade. Only during the middle ages did people turn it into a hobby due to the historical significance and art work it provided.

Today, coin collecting is a hobby that lots of people enjoy. A collection of Gold Coins is perhaps the most expensive and precious collections that a person can have. The costliest gold coin that was ever bought cost around 8 million dollars. It was called the American 1933 Gold Eagle. It is evident why the hobby of collecting gold coins is referred to as the king’s hobby.

One of the earliest money forms were gold coins. Silver Coins followed these. From 1838 to 1933, gold coins had been circulating in the States. The initial design was the bust of the Liberty Head. After this, the design changed to Saint Gaudens motifs and the Indian Head, which was used until the year 1933. This was followed by the Great Depression, which resulted in the recall of the gold coins, which is why it is difficult to find them today.

As these are not in circulation anymore, the price of these commodities are very high. Today, gold is used for various other items like jewellery and bars. People retain these as an investment.

The first gold coin that South Africa minted was called the Krugerrand in the year 1967. The coin stands mostly as a symbol and has no real face value. It is made up of an ounce of gold and it is usually purchased for the purpose of investment.

After this, many other countries started minting bullion coins. In 1970, Canada produced the Gold Maple Leaf and in 1981, Australia the Nugget. These coins boast of a 24 carat purity and so are far more popular than their South African counterpart.

Today, there is an increasing number of people who are investing in gold as there is a speculation that this demand will cause an increase in the market value. There are still others who prefer to use gold as an insurance in case their financial situation worsens. At one point of time, with the increase in paper money, the value of gold increased and this kept a balance between the value of money and gold. This standard came to an end in the year 1971, after which the government could produce more paper money without the subsequent increase in price of the gold.

As there is no place where gold coins are used for purchase of merchandise, coin collectors prefer to collect them to remember the time when it was once used.

Abhishek Agarwal
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Gold: the Key to Financial Freedom and Security

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There are two levers of power that governments never consider giving up - and these are:

1. The state controls education. It is compulsory. It teaches what the state mandates (whether delivered by public or private schools). It is a means of ensuring all citizens grow up with the right mindset - i.e. predisposed towards the very idea of big government, social welfare, taxation, war. In other words the ‘Big Brother’ mindset.

2. The state issues the money. This is called fiat money - money with no inherent value other than the fact the state declares it legal for all debts and financial obligations. The state then enforces a monopoly on the issue of this fiat money - ensuring it can manipulate it to its advantage.

I could wax lyrical about what I think should happen to state education, but right now I want to discuss government fiat money, and how it is a tool of enslavement. And I want to identify one possible way out of this slavery. But first I should define the term “fiat”. From dictionary.com comes the following definition:

1. An arbitrary order or decree

2. Authorisation or sanction: government fiat

So fiat money is money that is declared to be money by the arbitrary order or decree of government.

Government fiat money is the end result of an evolution of money as we know it. And it can be summarised briefly as follows:

Historically, various commodities have functioned as money - that is, as a means of exchange. Some of these commodities have included unique items of special value to certain cultures and conditions, like salt or tobacco. However, historically, only two commodities stand out as having passed the test of time - gold and silver. The reason is quite simple. Both of these metals have intrinsic value and cannot be counterfeited or manufactured at will.

Throughout history both gold and silver have functioned as money. As commerce became more sophisticated, various means of dealing with gold came into being. One such way was to pass on gold receipts as negotiable financial instruments. The process was simple. You stored your gold with a goldsmith who issued you with a receipt for the same. Now you could pass on that receipt to another - and pass on the claim to your gold. In this way gold became the backing for such receipts - allowing for the easy carrying and transferring of value. Of course Gold Coins were also common - like the cash of today.

This process of privately issuing gold receipts became the basis for what is known today as banking. A bank became a repository for gold and issued bank notes which were redeemable in gold. And in the “good old days” a bank note was a promise to pay - a promise to pay a certain amount of gold (or silver) on demand.

Today we still have bank notes - but they are mostly issued by the state (not by private banks), and they have no redeemable value other than in exchange for another, similar, bank note. The link between gold and bank notes was broken with the abolition of the gold standard. The USA abolished it in 1933 and Great Britain abolished it in 1931. The paper money we have today is a ghost of its former self. If you walk into a bank now and ask to exchange it for something other than another note, I’m sure you’ll get a very strange look!

The value of the notes you use every day is arbitrarily determined by the state, and by its capacity to disallow any monetary competition. It is this monopoly on the issuance of what we use as money, and the state’s ability to determine the value of it, which is at the heart of the state’s power. With this power, the state can literally manipulate the money supply for its own ends. It can “cook the books” in a way that a private company could never do. It can use this power to ensure it stays in power. And it can even steal the money you have saved by inflating the currency - i.e. by lowering its value over time.

How to break this monopoly?

Frederic Hayek, the great Austrian School economist, posited the idea of competing currencies. What he meant was that if each nation allowed for the free use and exchange of currencies from different nations within its own national borders - then this would act as a disincentive to debase currencies via inflation.

On a day-to-day basis this would mean you could go shopping and use the currency of your choice - USD, EUR, HKD, AUD, RMB etc. It may be a bit of a headache for your local shopkeeper, as he or she would have to deal with such multiple currencies at the cash register. But it’s not impossible, and many duty-free stores around the world already deal in at least the main globally accepted fiat currencies. All that would be needed is a smart cash register that can handle multiple currencies.

This scenario would eliminate the monopoly nature of currency as it stands now. However, it would not address the nature of fiat money as such. It would not deal with the issue of value, and how it is determined.

There have been many suggestions as to how one could move forward to a free market money system - one where the government has no control over the money in circulation. Some of these are very interesting, and some have a look of quackery about them. But there is one way of achieving this which would be based on historical experience and on a proven track record. And that is a return to the use of gold in some form or another.

Gold is not created by the government. Gold is not inflated by the government. Gold has intrinsic value. Government fiat money has none. And gold has stood the test of time as a trusted medium of exchange. What’s more, the modern digital age has created the means to deal in gold without actually having to cart it around in your pocket.

With online services like E-gold, Pecunix and GoldMoney, you can store gold and use an online interface to transfer gold to others - similar to online banking and making it a form of offshore banking. The difference is you literally own gold, something of intrinsic value. You can also own gold by holding a receipt for it - giving you ownership of real gold, without having to physically store it. And of course you can own gold by purchasing bullion - either in bars or coins.

Naturally, gold is valued by comparison to various fiat currencies, primarily the US Dollar - and as such its value fluctuates day to day. Of recent times this fluctuation has been mostly up, as gold continues to increase in value, in comparison to the world’s paper currencies. This is another way of saying that fiat currencies are less trusted than gold. Gold is also the financial haven of last resort, for when the financial world starts to shake and jitter, people rush to gold. Why? Because they know that should paper currency plummet in value - even to zero - gold will hold its value.

There are a number of savvy financial experts and investment newsletter writers who are pushing the case for gold - as a means of protecting yourself from a potential future economic meltdown. People such as Bill Bonner, Peter Schiff and Doug Casey come to mind. But there are many more. The common theme amongst these financial commentators is that fiat money is headed down - and gold is headed up.

However, the true benefit of gold is the freedom it grants. Gold is a form of money which is out of state control. The state cannot inflate the gold supply. It cannot make more gold. It cannot determine the value of gold. In this way gold is a true free market financial instrument - and as such is a present and existing means of increasing both your personal and financial freedom.

Yes, perhaps there are better and more innovative ways to achieve freedom from the state’s control of the money system, but gold is here and now - and in the present economic environment it is likely your best bet to avoid the potential ravages of inflating paper currencies which are looming on the horizon.

David MacGregor
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KISS Set of 4 Alive Worldwide Silver Coins

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Four Alive Worldwide coins, each measuring 1.5″” and containing 1 Troy oz. of .999 silver. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity.

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Gold Select Coin

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Gold Select Coin

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Dolce & Gabbana DG2049 sunglasses 265/31 SILVER WITH PART. GOLD size: 6215

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Dolce & Gabbana DG2049 sunglasses 265/31 SILVER WITH PART. GOLD size: 6215

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