..........AS THE PICTURES SHOW A This is a 1858 Brazil 10000 Reis XF-AU-UNC Details .9170 Gold Coin Pedro II--sound money!! The weight of this coin is 8.94g and has a fineness of 0.9170.  ACTUAL GOLD WEIGHT AGW .2643.  Only 208,000 coins minted. 

          • Thank You From my lifetime of experience as a hard-asset financial consultant and my research as author of the comprehensive best-seller: “Fiat Paper Money the History and Evolution of Our Currency. ©"

          Prepare now. The value of our fiat money is changing too fast. It buys less and less than ever before, and soon will buy close to nothing. Only a few voice concern. In the hundreds of currency collapses and hyperinflations I have examined, the experts convincingly assure, "it can't happen here."  I don't claim to be an expert or a prophet. In my business, I have become a student of the transaction. ©

          R. T. FOSTER 

          FOSTER CONSULTING  2189 BANCROFT WAY  BERKELEY CA. 94704

      Not only is Mr. Foster’s subject one of crucial importance; he states his case clearly, drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, touching upon many diverse cultures, from the Chinese to the European to the North American.  His professional familiarity with all types of currency and coinage grounds the book, making it refreshingly free of airy theories and complicated jargon, accessible to any intelligent reader.  His style is brisk and lively, enriched by the author’s own varied life experience.  It is a subject to be ignored at one’s own peril.  I highly recommend it.

       

      Dr. Ruth S. Arnon Hanham

      PhD. History

      Harvard University

       

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