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Looking Back
January 2001 by Staff
Excerpts from CMJ published 50 years ago this month.Additional articles that might interest you...
"Gold" Coin Debuts
March 2000
For the first time, the Sacagawea Golden Dollar changed hands, intermingling with scuffed quarters and nickels, setting itself apart with its golden hue.
For the first time, the Sacagawea Golden Dollar changed hands, intermingling with scuffed quarters and nickels, setting itself apart with its golden hue.
The Bawl Mill
April 2001
• Man offers $300, four cows for hired killing
• Tax Assessor suspended for "sexual favors"
• Divine Intervention
• Big is beautiful
• Man offers $300, four cows for hired killing
• Tax Assessor suspended for "sexual favors"
• Divine Intervention
• Big is beautiful
The Bawl Mill
August 2016
• Don't go in the water...
• Don't go in the water...
The Treasure Detective—Part IV The Story of Goldstone Nuggets
October 2006
A treasure detective, like any detective, is looking for a clue from which he can develop information to solve a mystery. Who? Why? When? The detective sniffs out a trail that will lead eventually to some undiscovered cache of coins...

Legislative and Regulatory Update
July 2011
• Battle continues in the "Golden State"
• California Water Board needs your comments
• Battle continues in the "Golden State"
• California Water Board needs your comments
Bum Luck
February 2007
Every prospector has streaks of bum luck—times when you can’t seem to find much, if anything. This is less true for folks who dry wash or dredge, but electronic prospecting and detecting is especially prone to dry streaks. It’s just the nature of the beast.

Melman on Gold & Silver
August 2011
Occurrences such as these have proven, time and time again, that gold possesses the attribute of maintaining significant value over time, something that cannot be said of unbacked, fiat paper money where every such issuance has eventually deteriorated throughout history into virtual worthlessness.
Occurrences such as these have proven, time and time again, that gold possesses the attribute of maintaining significant value over time, something that cannot be said of unbacked, fiat paper money where every such issuance has eventually deteriorated throughout history into virtual worthlessness.
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