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RiverRed, good post. Tungsten filled gold bars, that is so f#4Ked up! I read that some criminals swapped gold bars for tungsten bars, painted gold, in the Ukraine. Can you imagine what will happen if Russian/Italian crime syndicates start selling tungsten/gold bars? I LOVE gold and silver the most, I dream of the stuff, so I had better go an git an education on everything about G&S. Barring a complete breakdown of society and world war we may have to go back to a barter system in lieu of a suitable system of exchange? The governments may even go back to a gold and silver backed currencies? What I do know is that debased Roman denarius silver coins, (244 AD had a 0.05% silver content) led to the collapse of the Roman Empire. In the early 1700's the Scottish scoundrel John Law persuaded the French to print paper livres backed by gold coin. All went well until the French wanted to trade their fiat for gold, only problem there weren't none. Law fled to Italy and the French were left with worthless paper. How much are Confederate dollars and Continentals worth today? Who can forget the Weimar Republic. In 1919 12 Marks bought one USD and in December 1923 4.2 trillion marks bought one USD. Brasil July 2014 it took 2800 BRL to buy 1 ounce of gold and in Feb 2016 it took 4800 BRL to buy 1 ounce of gold. IMO G&S, guns, Weed, V8's and land just in case.... (I tell a lie I love my 1932 Ford Roadster Hot Rod and my dog the MOST)
https://www.goldbroker.com/charts/gold-price/brl
http://marketsandmoney.com/fiat-currency/