Survivalists will be gathering in Missouri this week to get the latest news and notes on how to make it through the roughest times. Ask anyone who takes their own and their family’s survival seriously, there’s a lot that a person can do to make themselves ready for almost any situation. According the web site,…
Or should I say it will happen next week when the World’s Fair of Money kicks off at Chicago’s Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. The event is more than simply an excuse for me to make an obscure reference to an old Elvis Presley movie in this article’s title but is agreeably the largest event…
As I reported in March, the group taking the lead on the issue of state’s rights, Tenth Amendment Center, recently commissioned their own medallion in support of the movement toward honest trade and a truly free market. The design of this one ounce .999 fine silver round features the Tenth Amendment Center logo on the…
Implementation would reduce the size of government by Doug Tjaden Liberty is a subject discussed today by many who feel that government entities, (Federal in particular) have overstepped their constitutional jurisdiction. Rightly so. They have. Misguided politicians today use law to dictate their vision of what they feel will provide Americans with “equal opportunity.” Our…
by Representative Dr. Ron Paul The end of June marked what is hopefully the end of the Federal Reserve’s policy of quantitative easing. For months the Fed has purchased hundreds of billions of dollars of Treasury debt, enabling the government to fund its profligate deficit spending, push the national debt to its limit, and further…
Get ready. It’s coming. Now it gets interesting. For several months I have been writing on the issue of honest money and its return to America, via the states. Judging from the response (or lack thereof), the issue is still very much off of the radar of the average American, including many hard asset advocates.…
That’s right. The summer is heating up. The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign is heating up. And AOCS Copper is HOT! There are many ways to show the overlords you’re not happy: get out and wave signs. Protest. Call, email and fax your congressman and senators. Vote (or don’t vote). Or, you can strike at…
It seems everyone is talking about an impending economic collapse. I’ve certainly noticed the price of food and fuel increasing and there’s no shortage of disturbing news stories. An economic collapse–that magical moment when everyone who has been buying and hoarding silver all dig into their stashes and start presenting bullion rounds, junk silver and…
The 30-day Daily Moving Average of spot silver today is $41.61. Welcome to the very beginning of the 60-day countdown! While many more details will follow shortly, we urge AOCS Merchants, Dealers, Collectors and Supporters to keep a close eye on our website for MUCH more insight as to the importance of “move-ups”, what they…
The ancient Athenians are believed to have used a silver coin identified as the Drachma, which passed into usage among the Persians with Alexander’s conquests. By the time of the Persian Sassanid Empire it came to be called the Drahm, and by 500 CE, the Arabs were using it as the Dirham. It was this…