From: lefty@apple.com (Lefty)
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 14:52:48 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Gold in them thar Bills...
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>> Have you ever heard of doing an assay?
>
>Yes, but that would be at the expense of the owner, and if it looks like
>gold, feels heavy in the hand like gold, and if it has the word Canada and
>the number .999 stamped on it, then people (bankers) might take it at face
>value (or might not, depending on the stability of that country).

The "expense" of doing an assay is minimal.  As another poster has pointed
out, assaying is essentially trivial, given the right materials.


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