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Super-rare Gold Rush-era coins minted in San Francisco found in 1857 wreck

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By Katie Dowd
San Francisco Chronicle
Wednesday, December 6, 2019

Nine rare coins minted in San Francisco are the latest finds from the haul left behind by a shipwreck so massive, its sinking contributed to a U.S. financial panic in the 1800s.

Alasdair Macleod: Fiat's failings, gold, and blockchain

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By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Thursday, December 5, 2019

Largest gold nugget in Britain found in Scottish river as area remains largely unexplored

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By Yohannes Lowe and Martha Comerford
The Telegraph, London
Wednesday, December 4, 2019

The largest gold nugget in Britain has been found in a Scottish river, as experts reveal that members of the public are taking up hunting after watching YouTube clips.

Will you let GATA fail to capture the $5,000 matching grant?

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:14p ET, Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

While we're up against many matching-grant fundraising campaigns this month, at our current pace GATA is not going to achieve the $5,000 in donations we need to raise in December to claim the $5,000 matching grant so generously offered to us by Stefan Gleason and Money Metals Exchange.

Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: 'Exchange for physicals' is a mechanism of fantasy

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12:50p ET Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The mysterious "exchange for physicals" mechanism increasingly used by the New York Commodities Exchange to dispose of gold futures contracts purports to have resolved more than 4 million contracts in the last two years, or more than 13,000 tonnes of gold, the TF Metals Report's Craig Hemke writes today at Sprott Money.

Dave Kranzler: Sinking collateralized loan products prompted frantic new QE

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12:27p ET Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Mongolia's central bank buys 14.4 tons of gold so far this year

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From Xinhua, Beijing
Tuesday, December 3, 2019

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia -- Mongolia's central bank announced on Tuesday that it has bought a total of 14.4 tons of gold from legal entities and individuals in the first 11 months of this year.

There are more dollars in Venezuela now than there are bolivars

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By Alex Vasquez
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, December 3, 2019

The U.S. dollar has extended its dominance in Venezuela as local people increasingly turn to the greenback for even the smallest of purchases.

Donate to GATA in December and you'll double your contribution and maybe win a case of GATA wine

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:35p ET, Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

How good it is to have friends, especially when you're up against nearly all the money and power in the world. GATA would not have lasted 20 years without our friends, and we won't last another month without them. But because of them we will last until the struggle is won.

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