Gold in them thar Bills...
Michael Sattler
msattler at netcom.com
Thu Oct 21 16:42:54 PDT 1993
>writes pmetzger at lehman.com (Perry E. Metzger)
>
>>I can take the pound of gold to MTB down the block and have dollars,
>>yen, or anything else I like, within 15 minutes. I can then take those
>>to buy Big Gulps.
>
>writes hsuutala at fmdmfg2.intel.com (Howard Suutala - ICD)
>
>Yes, as long it was been minted in a recognized form i.e. a gold eagle,
>a panda, or gold peso. A gob of yellow shinny stuff is just that until
>it has been assayed, and then it is only as good as the backing or
>reputation of the assayer.
Isn't that just part of the recognition process, like "is this bill a real
one, let me look..."
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