Commodity Prices

Gold •359 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
Platinum •10 mins	1,350.00	-65.00	-4.59%
WTI Crude •10 mins	65.14	-0.10	-0.15%
Gasoline •1 hour	2.084	-0.015	-0.71%
Ethanol •359 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •359 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 359 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 359 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 11 mins	67.44	-0.29	-0.43%
Natural Gas • 10 mins	3.742	+0.216	+6.13%
Heating Oil • 26 mins	2.289	-0.071	-3.00%

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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