From the Ellis County Observer

There’s a store (AG Trading Post) near Dallas that opened Monday that will not accept Federal Reserve Notes, commonly referred to as our “currency.” Instead, this store will accept silver and gold for payment.

Direct Link: http://www.agtradingpost.com/

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It’s a Ridley report. He is in north Texas talking to a guy named Rob Grey who is opening a store that will not accept FRNs. Called the AG trading post just north of Dallas in Farmers Branch. The store will only accept gold, silver or “things of value”. They will have a vending machine avalable so you can exchange FRN for silver.

In his words “We have it set up a little tricky so we don’t have to actually touch FRNs. We certainly recognize that people do live in a cash world, and the dollar is highly regarded in some circles. So we want to be able to appeal to the audience of new people that want to come out and learn about this concept, as well as people now that are holding onto open (silver, gold) currency. We will accept silver and gold eagles as well as bullion.”

Ridley: “I understand you claim to have allot of merchants accepting silver in the area?”

Rob: “Thats right we have about 600 merchants in the DFW (Dallas-Fort worth) metro-plex that will trade in and barter in silver and other local trade currency’s to keep trade flowing through this economic hard time.”

Ridley: “Considering the harsh crackdown the federal government has enacted against the Liberty dollar, What kind of dangers do you think you will face in doing this.”

Rob: “I really don’t see any at all. The Liberty dollar kinda went out of their way and picked a couple battles years ago that got them to the point where they are now. I certainly believe the Liberty dollar will come out victorious in the end. But we have studied the model in depth and we have done allot of things differently so we avoid those kinds of pitfalls.”

Ridley: “I forgot to mention that you are with the AOCS, the American Open Currency Standard”

Rob: “Thats correct.”

Ridley: “And you have an official title with them.”

Rob: “I am the executive director of the AOCS, my job is to help create a bridge between the world we live in now that respects fiat currency’s and a world where value is actually equitably traded in the market place.”

Ridley: “Alright, anything else that you would like to add?”

Rob: “yea allot of thing coming soon, I want people to get excited about real money. People will always talk about the obvious solution to the federal reserve is to get back to gold and silver but it’s not practical, you can’t do it. And it’s not true we are doing it every day. We have people jumping on board all over the country. The free state project has the porcupine piece coming out, so we are making it happen right now in a big way and we are hoping to motivate people to vote with their wallets by taking FRNs and converting them into real money and extending their purchasing power and trading with merchants that are happy here to accept those things.”

Ridley: “Alright thanks Rob good luck.”

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