Gold: $470.60/oz

[Michael Fisher]

4:21 PM 11/16/2005

Gold:  $478.80
Silver:  $8.01



Up 2% in a few hours...

[Kat Kanning]

Wow.

[Michael Fisher]

Make that $481.90!!!   

Unbelievable!

[KBCraig]

I graduated high school in 1981, so we ordered our class rings in our junior year, the fall of 1979. You know what happened by January 1980... gold was $850, and there was a lot of worry that we'd never get our rings. Eventually we did, but I think it wasn't until we started our senior year.

[Kat Kanning]

$486

[Eli]

Holy cow!

[Michael Fisher]

Au:  $493.10 
Ag:  $8.14

This is out of control!!!

The value of ALL of our US-dollar-denominated assets just decreased by 4.8% in a matter of DAYS.   

Luckily, most of us own REAL money.   

My bullion is up 20% since I bought it less than a year ago.

[Eli]

Stop rubbing it in.

[Michael Fisher]

 

LOL

[Russell Kanning]

I like to keep all my liquid assets in paper with dead presidents pictures.

[Dave Ridley]

When the shit hits the fan, showers will loose their importance and stop being available.? The problem will be aquiring and protecting food.

hey if you guys are going thru end of the world mode here is a resource that will help you; throw it on your laptop and then after a disaster you can keyword search it for info on water treatment, first aid info etc.   Sure it's better to already know but this will help fill in the cracks without you needing internet access or constant electricity.

http://home.earthlink.net/~dadaorwell/disaster.htm

[Michael Fisher]

When the shit hits the fan, showers will loose their importance and stop being available.? The problem will be aquiring and protecting food.

hey if you guys are going thru end of the world mode here is a resource that will help you; throw it on your laptop and then after a disaster you can keyword search it for info on water treatment, first aid info etc.? ?Sure it's better to already know but this will help fill in the cracks without you needing internet access or constant electricity.

http://home.earthlink.net/~dadaorwell/disaster.htm

[Kat Kanning]

It's the end of the world as we know it.   It's the end of the world as we know it.  And I feel fine.

[BaRbArIaN]

Is there anyplace that gives close to numismatic value when you sell a gold coin?  I have some US gold coins I got when I had a higher paying job than I do now (haven't been able to buy any since but have held them).  I went to sell one and nomatter that the "red book" value of the coin in that condition was a (couple hundred more than its metal value in this case as it was circulated), the dealer's best offer was slightly less than the current price of gold.

I don't mind a dealer turning some profit, but trying to buy it for less than the metal value when there is clearly some additional coin collector value strikes me as a bit shady.

[Lloyd Danforth]

You need to find a collector.  They will be willing to pay close to book value.  The dealer is out to make a profit.