I had an anonymous call last week from a man who asked me if I were a storage facility.  “Huh?  Do you mean, do I store people’s gold and silver?” “Yes.” “No I don’t, nor know of anyone who does.  If I did, I wouldn’t tell you, because I think it would be foolish to […]

We all experience ‘gradualism’ in our lives.  The paint on your house gradually decays.  Tires gradually wear out.  Grass gradually grows till it needs cutting.  Soda pop gradually loses its fizz and becomes flat.  Shoe soles and heels wear out gradually.  Appliances gradually wear out and must be replaced, as do every mechanical device, light […]

We constantly view or read, how ‘racism’ is responsible for all the violence, arson, prejudice, and riots occurring currently.  Let’s get the ‘racism’ solved first, OK?  Let’s look at what force has done for ‘racism.’  Remember school busing of about 50 years ago?  Black kids were forced to go to white schools, and white kids […]

We hear that constantly, and when I began doing precious metals in November of 1977, I heard it then also.  True, it doesn’t pay any interest.  Neither does silver, nor your home, car, lawn mower, watch, furniture, clothes, computer, furnace, tools, or food in your refrigerator or in cans on a shelf.  Those things are […]

1964 was a long time ago, when the U.S. Mint stopped making 90% silver dimes, quarters, and halves.  In 1964, a silver dime would buy 10 cents worth of something, a silver quarter would buy a quarters’ worth of something, and a half dollar would buy fifty cents worth of something.  In my Dad’s drug […]