Commodity Prices

Gold •338 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
Platinum •15 mins	1,168.10	+31.60	+2.78%
WTI Crude •4 hours	64.58	+1.21	+1.91%
Gasoline •4 hours	2.077	+0.014	+0.67%
Ethanol •338 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •338 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 338 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 338 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 3 hours	66.47	+1.13	+1.73%
Natural Gas • 4 hours	3.784	+0.107	+2.91%
Heating Oil • 4 hours	2.125	+0.031	+1.47%

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The Public Debt

By Douglas V. Gnazzo - Sep 13, 2013, 5:25 PM CDT

Neither paper currency nor deposits have value as commodities, intrinsically; a 'dollar' bill is just a piece of paper. Deposits are merely book entries. The Public Dept is chapter eleven from a soon to be published book on the history of lawful money of gold and silver coin in the U.S.

The Public Debt