Re: Fate of Paper Money


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On Jun 29, 4:12 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote:
"oly" <oly2...@xxxxxxx> wrote in message

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This is very good, though I might quibble with some of his dating
(like on the "Mexican Silver Peso" expiring in 1992)...

http://www.safehaven.com/article-10637.htm

I am throwing this up as a historical reference ONLY...

any further inferences that you wish to make are your own.

Who was that guy who wrote all the books back around 1975, advocating the
buying up of gold? I remember it was a short name, four or five letters
maybe. He became very popular, then disappeared from view.

James

The biggies then were Jim Dines, Harry Browne, Howard Ruff and my
favorite was Donald Hoppe. Three of these four men are still around,
though Mr. Hoppe must be rather old now. Mr. Browne is deceased. Of
course, there were many many others.

I have recently come accross two or three copies of Hoppe's book on
Gold coins, which was and is one of the best things ever written on
the subject. Very scholarly, insightful and entertaining. Mr. Hoppe
was recommending gold sovereigns when they cost $12 each. I got my
first copy off of a book bargain table at the Smithsonian Institute in
the summer of 1975.

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Thanks, it was Ruff. What's he up to these days?


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