In a world of traumatic fiat currencies, that is something very interesting.....

I have seen it myself in the eastern block when the government issued the new currency which was the same as the old currency but the exchange rate was 1000 of the old currency for 1 of the new currency.Obviously he is so far off base because he has never seen his property tax bill.

While I agree that the dollar's days as the reserve currency are numbered, it's anyone's guess as to when that will be.

Seeing how the currencies and economic systems are struggling right now I just do not see a downside having some metals in investment portfolio.

According to the Comptroller of the Currency: "A check is a negotiable instrument—the payee, the person to whom the check is written, may negotiate it through the banking system at any time" and check writers seeking redress must restrict themselves to pursuing the payee.[16]Nonetheless, if "the customer has given notice to the bank of the postdating describing the check with reasonable certainty" the Uniform Commercial Code requires that the notice to be honored.[17] In practice, whether the check writer has any redress against the financial institution where the payee deposited the check may depend on whether it can be shown that the check was accepted over the counter without examination

Post is a little long so I skimmed through it.Here is what matters:The dollar has been the reserve currency since the end of world war two.

Crypto currency is down 70% since December.

If they had their own currency, and their bonds were denominated in their currency, they could devalue the currency.

One of the big reasons for this is that I think the government is going to monetize the debt by inflating our currency in the long run.

Wow California looks like a whole different world from where I am at.It looks like your market is limited to a specific buyer that puts heavy currency on the view.The back area there is a little yard but not much and not usable space in front for kids to play.