Collecting Old Coins Taught Me to Never Trust the Government

Tags: Monetary Policy, U.S. History

07/11/2020 James Bovard

Old coins vaccinated me against trusting politicians long before I grew my first scruffy beard. I began collecting coins when I was eight years old in 1965, the year President Lyndon Johnson began removing all the silver from American coins.

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Original Article: “Collecting Old Coins Taught Me to Never Trust the Government“.

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