Netherlands pulls gold out of the US

Post by owebmaster » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC

ericmay wrote: post #135

wazoox wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

England is definitely a European country. I'm tired of people constantly making this political abuse of language of conflating "the EU" with "Europe". (And yes, saying "America" for "US of A" annoys me too. First step towards losing an imperialist state of mind is letting people from Canada and Brazil be in America).

> (And yes, saying "America" for "US of A" annoys me too. First step towards losing an imperialist state of mind is letting people from Canada and Brazil be in America). Hmm, maybe I should be pro-imperialism. I’ll do that before calling a Brazilian, Canadian, or Mexican an American to satisfy the whims of the language police. But if you want to go to uni and call Americans United Statesians and fight a made up cultu…

> Hmm, maybe I should be pro-imperialism. I’ll do that before calling a Brazilian, Canadian, or Mexican an American to satisfy the whims of the language police.

Sounds like a culture warrior

Post by carlosjobim » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 10:43 AM UTC

marcosdumay wrote: post #280

carlosjobim wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is the spread which the gold dealers have to make a profit. But bullion is bullion anywhere you turn and no matter to who you sell. No gold dealer will turn down investment grade gold.

> No gold dealer will turn down investment grade gold. For sure. As long as you pay the laboratory fee up front to prove that the thing you have is investment grade...

Never have a gold dealer anywhere asked me for any laboratory fee when selling bullion to them. They have their spread and that's it. It's their job to recognize bullion and have their own laboratory to quickly check if needed.

Re: Netherlands pulls gold out of the US

Re: Netherlands pulls gold out of the US