Three Items For The Overnight

You would think that I would know this by now.... that nothing will be what it seems, but I am still amazed how I can turn a corner to find the unexpected both in good and bad ways.

I happen to find myself at crossroads which veer in many unknown directions...  the how and when seem to go on endlessly much to my travail.  I ponder much this evening, because when nothing seems to be happening... the pause does give a moment to reflect on how much has happened and on what will unfold.

More than Half this Year has been written and the world hasn't fallen apart, yet.... which I must say is a good thing.... but the storm clouds are looming and I see the horseman of the Turning preparing their stampede.  I once saw a document, written on vellum, that seemed to contain ideals rarely, if ever, ensconced and forged as the basis for a modern government where the destiny of the one... the many could be written by the labours of their hands... their hearts... their minds.  It seems faded now... and trodden under the heels of the wretched and vile who have sought to see the iron of its ink bleached out of the minds entrusted to hold its vigilance.

There are no answers for me in the stars I see and I am left to know that I have been unhinged from the frame which I was placed within....  I stand and the road of many crosses is a question which has no answer...

Missed my guess deadline by one minute. I just arrived at the beach, and have received my reward!

Just for fun and no hat.

au=1658.21
ag=28.71

...at the door.

It's a 1913 in about the same shape except my dates a bit fuller. It's about the size of a quarter and has a nice heft to it relative to it's size. That's my smallest and first piece of Au around 1/2 oz. 

It won't be the last

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Thanks for the update!

Thank you for your post. Great info.

Agree the retail 'Johnny on the street' has yet to wake up. It will take another catastrophe to accomplish this.

"The US economic system is about to blow up.

The banking sector has been kept technically alive on the life support of accounting fraud since 2008, but that artful racket is coming to an end because sooner or later the abstraction called "money" must make truthful representations of itself in relation to reality, or else people cease to accept its claim of value."

http://www.kunstler.com/blog/2012/07/hostage-racket.html   

Nicely done!

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the dumbing down of America continues: here is actual language from a position statement in the 2012 Texas Republican Party Platform:

"Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority."

Must. Feed. System. More. Obedient. Debt-slaves.

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Good to see they've adopted a Democratic "platform"

I bought it from Apmex about 1 week ago.  It's a cleaned specimen and I got it for under $950.

And it's about to have it's 100th B-day next year 

Even though it won't win any  beauty contests, it  still has .48375 ozs. of Au and lots of history and rarity behind it. When possible, I'm going to try and buy more and some other Liberties. But the rarity of this coin is cool to realize ....and hold.

There are visible stars going all the way around the edge. What an awesome coin!

Here are some 1913 facts I just found. 

Designer:

Augustus Saint Gaudens

Weight:

16.70 grams

Edge:

Raised Stars

Mintage:

442,000

Metal Content:

90% Gold, 10% Copper

The 1913 is very similar in overall rarity to the 1910, 1912 and 1915 and it is relatively easy to find in MS-63 or lower grades. Even in MS-64, the issue is available with some regularity. Gems, although certainly rare, show up sufficiently often that obtaining one is not the extraordinarily difficult task that many issues of this series present. A small number of exceptional quality (better than MS-65) examples of this issue are known to exist, including at least two virtually perfect ones.

The 1913 is typical very sharply struck, and the lustre ranks right up there with the very best in the series. Color varies somewhat but light to medium yellow and greenish gold are the colors most often seen. Some examples also have light rose, orange or coppery highlights. The surfaces have virtually none of the granularity of the 1910 to 1912 Philadelphia Mint issues and can be either fully frosty or somewhat satiny. Top grade examples of the 1913 are among the most attractive of the series.

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Frank Zappa warning

That was a great link from Kunstler!  Our healthcare system is a giant racket...and we all have to join in.   We are screwed on so many different levels.

...and the Republicrats march on.    If they don't make you stupid one way, it'll be another. 

Yes. "screwed on so many different levels."

From previous thread - answer me one question.  If it is such a good deal, why is it not voluntary? 

the name of a program - for instance something that "teaches critical thinking" does the exact opposite.  The "economic recovery act"and the "patient protection and cost reduction act" come to mind as doing the exact opposite.

I don't know the details of these so I may be wrong, but it would not shock me that they do not do anything like what they say!

…the "Patriot Act".

Kind of like Reagan calling guided missiles "Peacekeepers".