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Paul Revere: American Hero — And Not Just for His Midnight Ride

Who is the most famous silversmith of all time? I’ll give you a hint: “The redcoats are coming!” Yes, the great American patriot Paul Revere was a silversmith by trade, which just goes to show how indelibly linked silver and the American patriot movement were. Of course, Revere’s connection to silver isn’t as well known …

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Murray Rothbard: The World’s Greatest Advocate for Hard Money?

The Ludwig von Mises Institute recently began marketing a Murray Rothbard one-ounce silver round. “Make a statement for sound money with a beautiful new Rothbard silver coin,” reads the ad copy, which goes on to call Rothbard “the world’s greatest advocate for hard money.” That’s awfully high praise. Is it deserved? Just who was Murray …

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The Silver Investor’s Guide to Buying a Home in 2011

In 1971, when the U.S. was still on a tentative gold-exchange standard, the median price for a single-family home in the U.S. was $20,663. At this time, silver was just $1.39 per ounce, which means it took 14,823 ounces of silver to purchase an average home. Nine years later, silver hit its all-time high of …

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