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Jim Sinclair''s gold market summary for Thursday, April 1

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:52p ET Thursday, April 1, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine I'd encouraged to
invest in gold and silver coins in 2001 called me to say
that she needed to raise cash to repay a debt to her
brother, and she wanted to know what those coins were
worth today so that she might consider liquidating them.

So I called the dealer from whom she had bought the
coins -- one of the dealers who support GATA and are
listed at the end of our dispatches -- and was able to
report back to her that each of her coins had
appreciated by more than 40 percent in less than three
years. I asked her if she knew a more secure,
conservative investment that had done nearly as well
in that time, and I discouraged her from selling the
coins.

Whereupon she put the issue to her brother, a
financial business executive heretofore no partisan
of the precious metals, and a bit surprisingly he
agreed. Hold on to the coins, he advised; she could
figure out another way to repay him.

All this is to suggest once more that owning the
precious metals and keeping them at hand or in what
is called allocated storage, as with a gold depository
like GoldMoney.com, is an outstanding way of doing well
while doing good -- that is, while doing one's duty to
the cause of restoring free markets to gold and silver
and fully remonetizing the metals privately to compete
with government-issued currencies.

In this spirit one of GATA's longtime coin and bullion
dealer supporters, Swiss America Trading Corp. of
Phoenix, Arizona, sent along to us today the solicitation
that is appended here about what the firm considers an
especially good opportunity to hold real metal. Identify
yourself as a GATA supporter and Swiss America will have
a special offer for you.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

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MORGAN SILVER DOLLARS
OFFER GREAT OPPORTUNITY

Swiss America Trading Corp. of Phoenix, Ariz., reports
that the famous Morgan silver dollar, the most widely
traded silver numismatic coin in the United States (Mint
States 64, 65, and 66) are selling for a fraction of
their 1985-1989 prices despite the recent explosion in
the silver price.

It is typical, Swiss America says, for the price of
these coins to lag the bullion price, and thus they may
offer an excellent late opportunity to establish a
position in physical silver.

If you want to add to your silver position or simply get
started holding metal, Morgan dollars are a good value
and provide great leverage to the silver price. Being
numismatic coins -- historic collectibles -- they are
likely to be exempt from any 1934-style attempt by the
U.S. government to confiscate precious metals from the
public amid a formal devaluation of the U.S. dollar.
Of course they are already excellent insurance against
the dollar devaluation in progress.

Swiss America representatives Fred Goldstein and Tim
Murphy will have special offers for potential clients
who identify themselves as GATA supporters. Here's how
to reach them:

Telephone (toll-free in the U.S. and Canada):
1-800-289-2646
E-mail:
figoldstein@swissamerica.com
trmurphy@swissamerica.com

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RECOMMENDED INTERNET SITES
FOR DAILY MONITORING OF GOLD
AND PRECIOUS METALS
NEWS AND ANALYSIS

Free sites:

http://www.jsmineset.com

http://www.cbs.marketwatch.com

http://www.mineweb.com/

http://www.gold-eagle.com/

http://www.kitco.com/

http://www.usagold.com/

http://www.GoldSeek.com/

http://www.capitalupdates.com/

http://www.goldenbar.com/

http://www.silver-investor.com

http://www.thebulliondesk.com/

http://www.sharelynx.com/

http://www.mininglife.com/

http://www.financialsense.com

http://www.goldensextant.com

http://www.goldismoney.info/index.html

http://www.howestreet.com

http://www.depression2.tv

http://www.moneyfiles.org/

http://www.howestreet.com

http://www.minersmanual.com/minernews.html

http://www.a1-guide-to-gold-investments.com/euro-vs-dollar.html

http://www.goldcolony.com

http://www.miningstocks.com

http://www.mineralstox.com

http://www.321gold.com

http://www.SilverSeek.com

http://www.investmentrarities.com

http://www.kuik.com/KH/KH.html
(Korelin Business Report -- audio)

http://www.plata.com.mx/plata/home.htm
(In Spanish)
http://www.plata.com.mx/plata/plata/english.htm
(In English)

Subscription site:

http://www.lemetropolecafe.com/

http://www.hsletter.com

Eagle Ranch discussion site:

http://os2eagle.net/checksum.htm

Ted Butler silver commentary archive:

http://www.investmentrarities.com/

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COIN AND PRECIOUS METALS DEALERS
WHO HAVE SUPPORTED GATA
AND BEEN RECOMMENDED
BY OUR MEMBERS

Centennial Precious Metals
3033 East 1st Ave.
Suite 403
Denver, Colorado 80206
www.USAGold.com
Michael Kosares, Proprietor
US (800) 869-5115
Canada 1-800-294-9462
European Union 00-800-2760-2760
Australia 0011-800-2760-2760
cpm@usagold.com

Colorado Gold
222 South 5th St.
Montrose, Colorado 81401
www.ColoradoGold.com
Don Stott, Proprietor
1-888-786-8822
Gold@gwe.net

El Dorado Discount Gold
Box 11296
Glendale, Arizona 85316
http://www.eldoradogold.net
Harvey Gordin, President
Office: 623-434-3322
Mobile: 602-228-8203
harvey@eldoradogold.net

Investment Rarities Inc.
7850 Metro Parkway
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55425
http://www.gloomdoom.com
Greg Westgaard, Sales Manager
1-800-328-1860, Ext. 8889
gwestgaard@investmentrarities.com

Kitco
178 West Service Road
Champlain, N.Y. 12919
Toll Free:1-877-775-4826
Fax: 518-298-3457
and
620 Cathcart, Suite 900
Montreal, Quebec H3B 1M1
Canada
Toll-free:1-800-363-7053
Fax: 514-875-6484
http://www.kitco.com

Lee Certified Coins
P.O. Box 1045
454 Daniel Webster Highway
Merrimack, New Hampshire 03054
www.certifiedcoins.com
Ed Lee, Proprietor
1-800-835-6000
leecoins@aol.com

Miles Franklin Ltd.
3015 Ottawa Ave. South
St. Louis Park, Minn. 55416
1-800-822-8080 / 952-929-1129
fax: 952-925-0143
http://www.milesfranklin.com
Contacts: David Schectman,
Andy Schectman, and Bob Sichel

Resource Consultants Inc.
6139 South Rural Road
Suite 103
Tempe, Arizona 85283-2929
Pat Gorman, Proprietor
1-800-494-4149, 480-820-5877
Metalguys@aol.com

Swiss America Trading Corp.
15018 North Tatum Blvd.
Phoenix, Arizona 85032
http://www.swissamerica.com
Dr. Fred I. Goldstein, Senior Broker
1-800-BUY-COIN
FiGoldstein@swissamerica.com

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