Why Texas Turned To Casper Scottsdale Mint To Produce Gold, Silver Coins - Cowboy State Daily
Why Texas Turned To Casper Scottsdale Mint To Produce Gold, Silver Coins - Cowboy State Daily
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Texas established a state bullion depository in 2015 claiming it would store $1 billion in physical gold. Eleven years later, the state is contracting with an Arizona mint to strike commemorative coins, not because it's running a monetary system but because legislatures love projects that look like monetary sovereignty without requiring any. If Texas were serious about competing with the dollar, it would accept tax payments in gold. It doesn't.