At 03:35 PM -0400 07/28/2001, C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc. wrote: ... >Hello Paul, do you know the weight of a chevronetz and how many >coins the governement wants to mint? Good question, also do you know how pure they'll be? Lesser purity would suggest a greater possibility of circulation. Thanks for your help on the name, I'm guessing that "chevronetz" is a nickname for 10 Rubles, sort of like "two bits" is a nickname for a quarter here. In my experience whenever a government mints a gold coin they go in for mass-hysterical-optimism about the value of their fiat currency when deciding on a face-value, so the fact that a chevronetz is suddenly going to be much more than ten rubles is no surprise. Also, do you know what words, faces, etc. will be on them? Is the decision to mint the coins seen to be Mr. Putin's, or just the govt.'s? About how much do US dollars (paper, old & new) circulate in your part of Russia? Does the average person holding them think about inflation? Thanks JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you know that the new e-gold Secure Random Keypad can help you to protect your passphrase from both keystroke & mouse- click "sniffing" trojan viruses? You can find out more about computer security at: http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/home_networks.html
