Digital Gold Money

Here’s the scorecard for the week:

29-Aug
5-Sep
Change
% change

Silver, cents/oz.
1360.7
1224.5
-136.20
-10.0%

Gold, dollars/oz.
829.30
797.60
-31.70
-3.8%

Gold/silver ratio
60.95
65.14
4.19
6.9%

Silver/gold ratio
0.01641
0.01535
-0.00106
-6.4%

Dow in Gold Dollars (DiG$)
$ 287.74
$ 290.82
$ 3.08
1.1%

Dow in gold ounces
13.920
14.068
0.149
1.1%

Dow in Silver Ounces
848.35
916.37
68.017
8.0%

Dow Industrials
11,543.55
11,220.96
-322.590
-2.8%

S&P500
1,282.83
1,242.31
-40.520
-3.2%

US dollar index
77.400
79.040
1.640
2.1%

Platinum
1,475.00
1,374.00
-101.000
-6.8%

Palladium
291.50
273.00
-18.500
-6.3%

The FED’s attempt to shut down production of the Liberty Dollar has hit it’s first road-block. A dozen people filed suit U.S. District Court in Idaho for the return of more than seven tons of copper, silver, gold and platinum coins that the FBI and Secret Service seized during raids of a mint in Idaho [...]

July 31, 2008

Department of the Treasury
Financial Management Service
STATUS REPORT OF U.S. TREASURY-OWNED GOLD
July 31, 2008

Summary
Fine Troy Ounces
Book Value

Gold Bullion
258,641,851.485
$10,920,427,976.14

Gold Coins, Blanks, Miscellaneous
2,857,047.831
120,630,844.95

Total
261,498,899.316
11,041,058,821.09

Mint-Held Gold - Deep Storage

Denver, CO
43,853,707.279
1,851,599,995.81

Fort Knox, KY
147,341,858.382
6,221,097,412.78

West Point, NY
54,067,331.379
2,282,841,677.17

Subtotal - Deep Storage Gold
245,262,897.040
10,355,539,085.76

Mint-Held Treasury Gold - Working Stock

All locations - Coins, blanks, miscellaneous
2,783,218.656
117,513,614.74

Subtotal - Working Stock Gold
2,783,218.656
117,513,614.74

Grand Total - [...]