[rollei_list] Re: Grossly OT: Cornering the Silver Market

Don,

Yes, and as was nickel.  In fact, during the war, some 5 cent pieces
were made of silver, rather than nickel.

During the Hunt Ag. upswing, I recall people selling their Georgian
silver tea sets, Taxco silver coffee sets and sterling flatware to try
to get the big bucks!

jerry

Don Williams wrote:

> At 07:57 PM 6/15/2005, you wrote:
>
> >Speculators who attempt to corner a commodity that is also considered a
> >strategic material seem to take an eventual drubbing.  Many years ago I
> >knew a
> >young woman who's father tried it with Beryllium ... he lost, as they say,
> >his
> >hat, ass, and wristwatch.
> >
> >G. King
>
> I can remember when silver was used for electrical bus bars at Tinker Field
> and the Douglas plant in Oklahoma City.
>
> I have always wondered how they kept it from being sold.  (Copper was rated
> as a more strategic metal than silver at that time).
>
> Don Williams
> La Jolla, CA
>
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