Ex-bankers should open gold and silver coin shops

" Retail investors have been a bit quicker to jump ship than many experts on Wall Street who will now gradually see the logic of investment in precious metals during a period of reflation. So there is going to be big money in owning a coin shop where retail clients can buy...

Spanish shopkeeper finds Homer Simpson euro

A one euro coin has turned up in Spain bearing the face of cartoon couch potato Homer Simpson instead of that of the country's king, Juan Carlos. " The comical carver had not taken his tools to the other side of the...

Money makes the political world go 'round

It's "all change" in the currency world today, in what some might read as a commentary on political popularity."China's greatest Communist icon, Chairman Mao Zedong, will be dropped from new 10 yuan (75p) banknotes...

Fiddy Cent From Hillary To Obama To 'Don't Know' Flip a Coin?

Rapper 50 "Fiddy"  Cent can't seem to make up his mind who is is supporting for president.  Maybe he should flip a coin?" Just weeks ago, America knew where 50 Cent stood in this year's presidential race:...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

The rape of Britannia

The following article is accompanied by excellent photos, so well worth clicking through to the original. But first, let me share a couple of my favourite quotes on how the PICTS dealt with the Roman incursions. The...

New currency for space travellers

It is called the Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination, or Quid. With this in hand you can go to this intergalactic shopping center and buy without limits...

Canadian Dollar Trades Equal to U.S. for First Time Since 1976

An article many Americans should read."Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Canada's dollar traded equal to the U.S. currency for the first time in three decades, capping a five-year run on the back of booming demand for the...

U.S. to release new dollar coins

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two recent efforts to promote wide usage of a dollar coin proved unsuccessful. But maybe Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea should not take public rejection personally. It's not easy overcoming...

North American Union. Conspiracy hysteria or?

"There may be more to this than we’d like to think. Twenty-two members of Congress are now getting involved as they have sent a letter to President Bush as a warning to “back off” the agreement of 2005 between...

How to make a coin disappear

how to make a coin disappear.

Loonie Gov't Study: Canada may be Penniless.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell let's just say when this comes to fruition, Canadians will all be paying more, as history has shown retailers and the Taxman will always round off prices to the...

Woman Gardening Finds Rare Penny

"Co-workers searched the Internet and identified the coin as a 1793 copper "chain" cent. The front featured Lady Liberty and the back had a circle of 15 chain links representing the 15 states in the union at that time.Though Corbin's coin was heavily corroded, she said a...

Coin dealer flies dime worth $1.9 million to NYC

"John Feigenbaum flew out of San Jose this week in first class, with flip-flops on his feet, a T-shirt on his back and a dime worth $1.9 million in his pocket.It was the most expensive dime ever to pass through San Jose. That's because it is the most expensive dime in the...

Superstition ain't the way: Friday the 13th spooks us all

If looking at your calendar makes you panic, you're not alone: Friday the 13th is not just a day of superstition lite (ladders, black cats, et. al.). The dreaded date has been known to effect everything from the...

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