www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/22/utah-gold-standard-silver_n_865333.html

www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/10/utah-legislature-goes-gold-silver-legal-tender/?page=all

Kind of interesting to see how others are reporting the story. One question: How do you calculate the value of a gold coin should you choose to spend it? Do you use the daily London fix? Somewhat impractical, no? Or do you use the face value, in which case I can't see anyone using gold coins as money since the face value on most is $50.

Also, there's the issue of legality. Only congress has the right to mint coins, no? Isn't that in the constitution somewhere? Not that anyone pays any attention to that nowadays...

Curious stuff.

ebear