Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxii.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxii!tw8023 From: tw8023@pyuxii.UUCP (T Wheeler) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: American Krugeraands? Message-ID: <192@pyuxii.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 14:56:29 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxii.192 Posted: Tue Aug 13 14:56:29 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 14:44:47 EDT References: <774@cadovax.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway N.J. Lines: 14 Geez, Kaplan, where ya been. The US has been minting gold coins for several years now. The gold comes from mines in this country and from the reserves in Kentucky. You want to buy gold coins? Send a letter to the Mint and they will send you a list of gold coins available for purchase. They can also be picked up through the larger coin dealers. Don't you remember the Olympics when gold coins were hawked through the papers and billboards? None of the gold used is from SA. When you say 90% of the worlds gold comes from SA, it is not quite so. Yes, they do produce a lot, but, we also still have operating mines and so does the Soviets. Brazil is also a large producer. You could also buy Maple Leafs from Canada featuring gold from Canada. Krugerands were popular only because they were first on the market in that form and they had a good PR department. T. C. Wheeler