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“Weber was an Assistant United States Attorney and Chief of Asset Forfeiture in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, based in Downtown Brooklyn, where he served for 10 years and prosecuted and coordinated complex multiagency domestic and international money laundering, financial, tax, and forfeiture cases.”

“At the Justice Department, Weber oversaw prosecutions against major domestic and international financial institutions and corporations, including the federal portion of the Credit Suisse and Lloyds investigations, Union Bank of California, American Express Bank International, BankAtlantic, E Gold Ltd. (an internet-based digital currency business), and Sigue Corporation (a global money service business).”

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March 10, 2010 — March 10 2010 is a start date for gBullion – new payment system that enables any user to buy/sell gold and make safe instant payments all over the world.

All transactions are made in system digital currency – gB, wherein 1 gB is equal to 1 gold gram. After the purchase gold bars (of 99, 5% or higher purity) are stored in the specialized secure Vault while corresponding quantity of gold grams (gB) is transferred to electronic gBullion client account.

At any time user can exchange digital gold (gB) for real gold and obtain gold bars from a Vault located in UAE, or take delivery to specified address. Besides gB holder can transfer his digital gold (gB) to another gBullion user. All transfers are instant and free.

“Our experts were to develop internet service based on three principles: minimum charges, easy use, and high degree of reliability. Their work resulted in the unique product of high quality that is coincident with all these demands. Today a growing number of investors become interested in gold, that is of no wonder for gold turns to be the most stable currency in the world, and gBullion is the most convenient instrument for operations with this metal” – Andrew Owen, CEO gBullion.

Features:
- possibility to buy gold in minimum quantity (from 0,0001 gram);
- gB currency is 100% gold backed;
- the best market prices for gold purchase and sale through internet;
- insurance of all gold bars;
- referral program and other variants of business with gBullion;

The system operator is GBULLION DMCC Company registered in Dubai, UAE, and licensed to sell gold.
GBULLION DMCC work is inspected by the CPA firm. An auditor’s report with the information about available assets and quantity of gold bars at vaults will be regularly announced in our site. At the moment the site gBullion operates in test mode and only in English. Other languages will be soon available.

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Manager of PR & Marketing Communications
www.gbullion.com

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BRUSSELS — The European Parliament on Thursday broadly rejected an agreement with the United States on sharing information about bank transfers that was aimed at tracking people suspected of being terrorists…..The United States could still rely on an agreement on mutual legal assistance to seek the data. But that could make the process of gathering the information more cumbersome.

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(Atlanta – 1 March 2010)  Even as snowstorms were blanketing much of the northeast, a firestorm for the cause of liberty and state sovereignty was heating up in Atlanta on Thursday and Friday.

Hosted by Ray McBerry, Republican candidate for governor of Georgia, the first national Tenth Amendment Summit convened for the purpose of bringing candidates together from around the country who are running on a Tenth Amendment platform, each with the goal of restraining the power of the federal government through the assertion of peaceful, constitutional means.  The event was co-sponsored by the Tenth Amendment Center in California.

Thursday night’s closed-door meeting included twenty-five candidates from across America who represented thirteen states — more than a quarter of the states that make up the union.  Of the candidates participating, there were fifteen running for Congress, one for U.S. Senate, one for state senate, five for state house, and three candidates for governor of their respective states.  There were also both men and women present, running for office.

Perhaps more telling, though, was the fact that the candidates included Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, and Independents.  While it was obvious that all of the candidates did not share the same views  on many issues, it was very apparent that each shared the common belief that his or her state should be allowed to govern itself without federal encroachment in any area other than those powers expressly granted to it in the Constitution.

The closed-door meeting Thursday night was a strategy session for the candidates to discuss what is working currently to promote the cause of state sovereignty and how the group can work together to advance the cause more.

Friday’s all-day meeting was open to the public and included speeches from nearly all of the participating candidates, including the keynote speaker — former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who is currently a Republican candidate for governor of Alabama.  Ray McBerry, candidate for governor in Georgia, was the first speaker; he welcomed the audience of four hundred attendees, some who traveled from as far away as Washington state to be a part of the historic event.  McBerry spoke of several constitutional mechanisms that the states could begin to employ in their efforts to resist federal encroachments, including legislation which he has helped to author that is currently sponsored in the Georgia General Assembly.

One of the important things to emerge from the Summit was a statement presented by the candidates Friday morning as a mutual statement of purpose.  It reads as follows:

We The People of the several States created a federal government to serve as our limited agent, delegating to the federal government only those limited and few powers listed in the Constitution, and no others.

We recognize the federal government has seized unlimited power over virtually every aspect of Americans’ lives in violation of the Constitution of the United States, specifically with respect to the Tenth Amendment.

We call upon freedom-loving citizens everywhere to stand with us, as candidates for state and federal office, to pass meaningful and sensible legislation to restore the most critical check and balance deliberately designed into our constitutional republic: that of strong, sovereign states.

We pledge to limit and restrain all federal government exercise of power that exceeds in any way the plain language of those few powers listed in the Constitution and to nullify all others that exceed such limit.

When we restore the balance of power between the states and the federal government according to the Constitution, our country will enjoy the dynamic blessings of liberty and prosperity.

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For more information about the Tenth Amendment Summit or to schedule interviews, please contact the campaign of Ray McBerry online at

http://www.facebook.com/l/b3b31;www.GeorgiaFirst.org

*1. Aspen Silver Dollar Shines Forth*
Just what you need to weather the monetary storm

*ASPEN SILVER DOLLAR*

From beautiful Aspen Colorado with its golden Aspen trees, a new currency shines forth.

Peter Affolter, explains the Aspen Silver Dollar, actually started in 2008 when Dr. Bill Wesson, long time local dentist, wanted to introduce Aspen to the unique values of silver.

“Well, Bill introduced me to silver and when he got so busy, I decided to take action and launch the Aspen Silver Dollar as a local currency.” Affolter said.

There is no doubt that Affolter, a well know local chef, is dedicated to silver. As he points out, “In the restaurant business, a cup is a cup. I think a dollar should be a dollar and that dollar should hold its value and even increase in value as people prosper. Simply put, silver has a better shelf life than food.”

Affolter is convinced that the Aspen Silver Dollar is good for his beloved mountain community, the Roaring Fork Valley area and good for America. He is quick to point out that, “Silver is better than voting. Sound money is a more effective and positive approach to big government. It can even be profitable!”

So what finally pushed Affolter to take the big plunge into the silver business?

It started when he wanted to buy some silver in Aspen but there were no coin dealers and only one antique store had a few old US silver dollars. With no silver available, Affolter decided to follow the old marketing adage, “find a need and fill it,” and voila, the Aspen Silver Dollar was born.

Very quickly, Dr. Wesson and a dozen other Aspenites started using the Aspen Silver Dollar. The dentist, local bar, food store, car repairman have become the first local merchants to accept the new silver dollar for their goods and services.

Dr. Bill Wesson said, “I am very grateful that Peter took action to bring silver to Aspen. I think it is the best thing for Aspen and strongly encourage everyone to get and use the Aspen Silver Dollar for their own good and for the good of Aspen.”

To hear Affolter tell his story, he harkens back to the good old days when Aspen was the richest silver mining area in the world. He reminisces about how the Populist Party adopted silver as “legal tender” after the panic of 1893 – that almost killed Aspen. But Aspen never died, although it was down to only 705 residents in 1930.

Today, Aspen is the storied land of the rich and famous. But still Affolter is concerned about his beloved town and its local citizens. He is concerned about the US dollar and what the future will bear. And who knows, with silver up nearly 25% in 2009, the $50 Aspen Silver Dollar might just catch on if the current US dollar drops any more and Aspenites start shopping for something with more value.

So what is the Aspen Silver Dollar? Aspen Silver features an image of Liberty on the obverse and an Aspen leaf on the reverse. The new silver dollar contains one ounce of pure .999 fine silver and has a $50 MSRP so it in sync with the silver market and can be used voluntarily by merchants who accept it. So does the new dollar cost $50? Not if you know Affolter or live in the Roaring Fork Valley area. Locals are encouraged to get the currency at a steep volume discounts and then use it for whatever value is agreed upon with the merchant. The value changes with the silver market that is on an uptrend.

In addition to the 2010 Aspen Silver Dollar in Brilliant Uncirculated condition priced in sync with the silver market, two special collector issues have been created. The First Day of Issue features a special hand stamped Aspen leaf hallmark and a Limited Numbered Issue of only 100 individually hand stamped with a serial number.

The new Silver Aspen Dollar is, very “Aspen.” It is beautiful and more valuable than the debt plagued US dollar and would have been the darling of the Aspen of old. And who knows, for anyone who is savvy or lucky enough to catch Peter Affolter, the Aspen Silver Dollar might be just what you need to weather the current monetary storm.

*DISCLAIMER:* The Aspen Silver Dollar is not a currency, as it does not have a face value ($50 is the MSRP only) and is not intended to compete with the depreciating US dollar. The sole purpose of this commemorative “dollar” is for local enjoyment only as guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Let it be known that this is not a Liberty Dollar and that I have not involved in the minting, production or circulation of this historic commemorative “dollar.” I was commissioned as an artist only.

/*Please note that the Aspen Silver Dollar is not intended to be used as United States currency and any representation as such is strictly prohibited by law.*/

Washington, D.C. and San Francisco — March 3, 2010 — Industry leaders Google, PayPal, Equifax, VeriSign, Verizon, CA, and Booz Allen Hamilton today announced at the RSA Conference 2010 the formation of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX) www.openidentityexchange.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to building trust in the exchange of online identity credentials across public and private sectors. With initial grants from the OpenID Foundation (OIDF) and Information Card Foundation (ICF), OIX has been approved as a trust framework provider by the United States Government to certify online identity management providers to U.S. federal standards for identity assurance.

Trust frameworks are a new way for one site to trust the identity, security, and privacy assurances from another site (the “identity provider”) acting on behalf of a user. Google, Paypal, and Equifax are the first three identity providers certified by OIX to issue digital identity credentials that will be accepted for privacy-protected registration and login at U.S. government websites. Verizon is currently in the certification process and is expected to be completed shortly.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the first government website accepting these credentials, including OpenID and Information Card logins, a capability it demonstrated today at the RSA Conference. Citizens can use open identity technologies to support a number of online services across websites, including customized library searches, access to training resources, conference registration, and medical research wikis, with strong privacy protections, all designed to ensure accessible and transparent communication between the government agency and U.S. citizens.

“We want to acknowledge the critical role NIH has played as a pioneer in the government’s use of open identity standards. The impact of the NIH iTrust pilots is reflected not only in the formation of Open Identity Exchange in the marketplace but also in the groundbreaking leadership NIH has demonstrated in new public sector applications,” said Dr. Peter Alterman, Senior Advisor to the NIH Chief Information Officer for Strategic Initiatives.

“OIX grew out of a public/private industry partnership initiated by the U.S. government at this conference last year,” said Don Thibeau, OIDF Executive Director and OIX Board Chair. “OpenID and Information Card technologies can solve the technical problem of using identity credentials across different websites, but can’t solve the problem of how those credentials can be trusted at different levels of assurance. OIX is a solution to this problem not just for the U.S. government, but for many different governments, industry alliances, non-profit associations, telcos, academic networks, and others all over the world who need to establish trust across a wide online population.”

The first official OIX trust framework meets the requirements set forth by the U.S. Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) Trust Framework Provider Adoption Process (TFPAP) established by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). This trust framework will enable the American public to participate in open, transparent and participatory government while maintaining full control of how much or how little personal information they share with federal websites at all times. “OIX means there is now a safe way to use an OpenID or an Information Card to register and login at any number of federal websites without needing a new username and password for each,” said Drummond Reed, ICF Executive Director and Acting Executive Director of OIX. “As we roll out progressively stronger levels of certification, this will empower U.S. citizens to access and mange their tax records, Social Security records, veteran’s benefits, and many other government services online.”

“Before organizations can confidently consume identity information produced by third parties, they need to have confidence in those third parties’ business processes and practices, and in the quality of the information they provide,” said Bob Blakley, Research Director, Burton Group Identity and Privacy Strategies, Gartner. “Before individuals can confidently provide information to third parties, they need to have confidence that their privacy will be protected by those third parties.  The process of gaining confidence in a third party organization’s processes for collecting, verifying, handling, using, and disclosing identity information is called ‘identity assurance’. Identity assurance is a key building block for the production and consumption of identity information in open networks like the internet.”

OCLC Online Computer Library Center is another founding member of OIX because it wants to develop a cooperative trust framework for libraries and their users. “More than 72,000 libraries in 112 countries and territories around the world have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials,” said Mike Teets, OCLC Vice President, Innovation. “An OCLC trust framework could broaden online access to those library materials, and make it easier for libraries to connect people to the knowledge they seek in any format—digital or print.”

OIX is currently working on development of trust frameworks for public media, telecommunications, library services, state and local governments, and professional associations. “We look forward to facilitating trusted transactions throughout the government and eventually Internet channels,” said Thibeau. “True trust requires the participation of a broad community so we are engaging industry, government, legal and academia leaders in how best to resolve challenges in usability, security and privacy.”

OIX Members and Industry Experts Discuss Open Trust Frameworks

“We’re pleased to be among the first organizations to be certified by the newly created OIX,” said Eric Sachs, Senior Product Manager at Google. “We’ve already seen encouraging implementations of identity technologies in the industry, and our hope is that the work of the OIX will expand on this progress to help facilitate more open government participation, as well as improve security on the Internet by reducing password use across websites.”

“Trusted identities and consumer control of personal information are essential to the effectiveness of transactions on the Internet,” said Andrew Nash, Senior Director of Identity Services for PayPal Inc. “Trusted frameworks that provide identity assurance are a critical factor in the success of the digital identity ecosystem.”

“We are honored to support this critical initiative and work with thought leaders of such a broad range of industry expertise,” said Ron Carpinella, Equifax’s Vice President of Identity Management. “As an innovator of knowledge-based authentication technology and the only information solutions company on this board, we look forward to advancing the development of an open trust platform initiative that will enable more secure and simplified interaction between consumers and the digital world.”

“VeriSign is excited to participate in the next phase in the creation and standardization of high assurance identity systems,” said Nicolas Popp, Vice President of Product Development at VeriSign. “Drawing from our experience in bringing trust to the Internet, we look forward to contributing to the development of a multichannel identity trust framework that will enable citizens to communicate openly with confidence.”

“Verizon shares OIX’s vision for establishing a framework for trust on the Internet,” said Peter Tippett, Vice President of Security Solutions and Enterprise Innovation at Verizon Business. “As a founding member of OIX, Verizon is working with other key Internet players to push for industry-wide reform that will forever change the way consumers and businesses interact on the Internet.”

“Trust, privacy and security are critical to the safe adoption of an identity based digital infrastructure.  The formation of the Open Identity Exchange is an important step forward in creating the necessary framework to establish these criteria,” said Tim Brown, CA Chief Security Architect and Distinguished Engineer. “With the support of industry leading companies and the OpenID and Information Card Foundations, our efforts will help solve the digital trust problems that our governments and industry face.”

“With more people expecting to access services and information online, federal agencies need an easier, more secure approach when interacting with the public,” said Patrick Peck, Executive Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton. “Trust Frameworks can provide this solution for more than 20,000 federal websites through streamlined registration and simplified logins, and we are excited about supporting this public-private partnership to bring operational benefits to service providers and better access to the citizens they support.”

Mike Teets from OCLC explains, “There is a surprising amount of valuable content available online through libraries that many consumers are not even aware of. Many states and national governments license a vast amount of resources for their citizens, and these could be made even more readily accessible through this initiative. OIX will put a key piece of the infrastructure puzzle in place to help libraries further reduce barriers of access to content, which is what OCLC is all about.”

“Digital trust should originate from the location where it naturally occurs, be it my municipality to validate my residency, my professional affiliations, my educational institutions, my family affiliations, my religious affiliations, etc.,” said Hal Warren, President of the OpenID Society, a chapter of the OIDF. “This requires a complex multi-faceted framework through which trusted claims can be transmitted and validated.  This is the objective of the OIX. “Simplicity is complexity well done.”

“We look forward to facilitating trusted transactions throughout the government and eventually Internet channels,” said Thibeau. “True trust requires the participation of a broad community so we are engaging industry, government, legal and academia leaders in how best to resolve challenges in usability, security and privacy.”

About Google Inc.

Google’s innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google’s targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.

About PayPal
PayPal is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. The service allows members to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing. With more than 81 million active accounts in 190 markets and 24 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global ecommerce. PayPal is an eBay company and is made up of three leading online payment services: the PayPal global payments platform, the Payflow Gateway, and Bill Me Later. More information can be found at https://www.paypal.com.

About Equifax

Equifax empowers businesses and consumers with information they can trust. A global leader in information solutions, we leverage one of the largest sources of consumer and commercial data, along with advanced analytics and proprietary technology, to create customized insights that enrich both the performance of businesses and the lives of consumers.

With a strong heritage of innovation and leadership, Equifax continuously delivers innovative solutions with the highest integrity and reliability. Businesses – large and small – rely on us for consumer and business credit intelligence, portfolio management, fraud detection, decisioning technology, marketing tools, and much more. We empower individual consumers to manage their personal information, protect their identity, and maximize their financial well-being.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Equifax Inc. operates in the U.S. and 14 other countries throughout North America, Latin America and Europe. Equifax is a member of Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500® Index. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EFX.

About VeriSign

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) is the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world. Billions of times each day, VeriSign helps companies and consumers all over the world engage in communications and commerce with confidence. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.verisign.com.

About Verizon Business

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a global leader in communications and IT solutions. We combine professional expertise with one of the world’s most connected IP networks to deliver award-winning communications, IT, information security and network solutions.  We securely connect today’s extended enterprises of widespread and mobile customers, partners, suppliers and employees – enabling them to increase productivity and efficiency and help preserve the environment.  Many of the world’s largest businesses and governments – including 96 percent of the Fortune 1000 and thousands of government agencies and educational institutions – rely on our professional and managed services and network technologies to accelerate their business. Find out more at www.verizonbusiness.com.

About CA

CA (NASDAQ: CA), the world’s leading independent IT management software company, helps customers optimize IT for better business results. CA’s Enterprise IT Management solutions for mainframe and distributed computing enable Lean IT—empowering organizations to more effectively govern, manage and secure their IT operations. For more information, visit www.ca.com.

About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of strategy and technology consulting for 95 years. Every day, government agencies, institutions, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations rely on the firm’s expertise and objectivity, and on the combined capabilities and dedication of our exceptional people to find solutions and seize opportunities. Providing a broad range of services in strategy, operations, organization and change, information technology, systems engineering, and program management, Booz Allen is committed to delivering results that endure.

With more than 22,000 people, Booz Allen generates $4.5 billion in annual revenue. To learn more about the firm, visit www.boozallen.com.

About OCLC
Founded in 1967, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing library costs. More than 72,000 libraries in 112 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it.  OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world’s largest online database for discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat.org on the Web. For more information, visit www.oclc.org.

About Open Identity Exchange

The Open Identity Exchange (OIX) is a neutral, non-profit, multi-channel provider of certification trust frameworks for open identity technologies. OIX was founded by grants from the OpenID and Information Card Foundations and support from companies including Google, PayPal, Equifax, VeriSign, Verizon, CA, and Booz Allen Hamilton. It also includes non-profit members such as OCLC and the OpenID Society. For more information visit www.openidentityexchange.org.

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At the writing of this article, the first week of March 2010, the United States Mint is once again facing an extended “shortage” on silver American Eagles. Surprising? Hardly. This has become a regular phenomenon.

The U.S. Mint strikes a beautiful coin which is coveted by nearly all precious metals enthusiasts. Its gold and silver Eagles are industry staples, and every major dealer gladly promotes and sells these coins to its client base. But aspiring entrepreneurs take note: The United States government has never, and will never, run a business well. The U.S. Mint joins rarified air with the other ne’er-do-wells from the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Postal Service in an unrivaled trio of mediocrity.

Customers have recently inferred that the consistent shortages on American Eagles are indicative of dwindling silver supply. This presumption is false. Gold and silver bullion is readily available in large quantities.

So why the shortages?

The U.S. Mint has never adequately ramped up with the growing bullion demand over the past decade. It lacks the equipment and personnel to mint coins at necessary capacity. Furthermore, as has always been its practice, it continues to outsource blanks to the Sunshine Mint and Stern-Leach, among others, which adds another variable to potential bottle necks. According to Mineweb: “Federal laws and regulations say the gold (and silver) must be newly mined in the United States. Only a handful of refineries meet the standards and regulations to produce the blanks for the coins . . . While gold and silver producers have repeatedly gone to government officials to get them to authorize an increase in the number of refineries which can produce the blanks and the facilities that can mint the coins, industry sources say they feel they have been stonewalled by mint officials who refuse to budge.”

Conspiracy or incompetence? Take your pick. A review of the U.S. Mint website is revealing:

Quote:

“Since Congress created the United States Mint on April 2, 1792, it has grown tremendously. The United States Mint receives more than     $1 billion in annual revenues. As a self-funded agency, the United States Mint turns revenues beyond its operating expenses over to the General Fund of the Treasury.” www.usmint.gov

You have to wonder: Since the directors of the U.S. Mint do not earn dividends off of revenue, and since there are neither shareholders nor board members to answer to, what is the incentive to grow revenues? This is a business whose members turn over all profits to the state. Sounds like, well . . .  I won’t say it.

The U.S. Mint claims its mission is to “apply world-class business practices in making, selling, and protecting our Nation’s coinage and assets.” By “world-class business practices” its means caring very little about whether it satisfies consumer demand or grows profitability. If the mint were a private corporation it would be capitalizing handsomely on ever-increasing demand for its product. Instead, the mint is habitually out of stock, even though Public Law 99-61 states that the mint is required to produce these coins “in quantities sufficient to meet public demand.”

During the “Great Bullion Shortage of 2008,” the shortage was unrelated to the overall supply of gold and silver, and wholly related to bottlenecks in production at the mints, strained to capacity as they attempted to meet consumer demand. This is an important point. Premiums rose because customers wanted delivery immediately and the mints could not keep up with the orders. The premiums did not rise because the metal itself was in short supply. In fact, according to the World of Mining Professionals Gold Miners Roundup, production from major mining companies is increasing. (See: www.womp-inc.com)

As of today, there is so much bullion on the open market for sale that most dealers have no trouble shipping product immediately. Dealers wait in eager anticipation for the next downslide in the Dow to field the inevitable onslaught of orders once again. Just like 2008, the mints will create bottlenecks in getting supply to customers, premiums will rise, and the U.S. Mint will be the first to halt sales.

As a dealer, we happily sell the U.S. Mint coins, but we reluctantly turn away customers when the mint halts production. It is an unfortunate and very unbusinesslike situation, and in the end, the American citizen is left to wonder when the government will work for the people.

Til next time, that’s my Saab Story.

Tarek Saab is the President of Guardian Commodities and a former finalist on NBC’s “The Apprentice” with Donald Trump. He is an international speaker and syndicated author.

Notes from the Field, Date: March 2, 2010