Commodity Prices

Gold •172 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
Platinum •10 mins	936.40	+12.90	+1.40%
WTI Crude •1 day	69.46	+0.08	+0.12%
Gasoline •1 day	1.942	+0.019	+0.98%
Ethanol •172 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •172 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 172 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 172 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 1 day	72.94	+0.06	+0.08%
Natural Gas • 1 day	3.748	+0.164	+4.58%
Heating Oil • 1 day	2.232	-0.006	-0.27%

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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