Commodity Prices

Gold •141 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
Platinum •10 mins	972.80	+2.30	+0.24%
WTI Crude •10 mins	70.97	+0.87	+1.24%
Gasoline •10 mins	2.061	+0.002	+0.09%
Ethanol •141 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •141 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 141 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 141 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 10 mins	74.95	+0.72	+0.97%
Natural Gas • 10 mins	3.098	-0.241	-7.22%
Heating Oil • 10 mins	2.278	+0.004	+0.16%

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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