I know I heard that the Government had kinda acted like they owned certain money a couple times in the past, but searching for it in a cursory
way didn't get me authoritative information.
It seems that twice in US history some money was indeed confiscated by the Federal Government.
As to your 1900 Silver Dollar, I really wasn't able to find the real data from the Federal government on this either, Apparently the IRS tried to define anything worth at least %15 over its intrinsic (metal) value as "numismatic" so not eligible for confiscation in 1984...
http://www.authenticmoney.com/part3.htm.
But it was apparently never implemented, so if there were another confiscation, your 1900 Dollar is not safe (doom doom doom...whatever).
I am a big fan of Zardoz, though it is a product of its time and has loads of detractors. It is an extropian cautionary tale about what happens if you get more life but don't really evolve yourselves.
As for Buckaroo Banzaii. I can't get enough of it and wish the sequel and TV series had gone somewhere. The writer of the best-candiate spec. script for the sequel in recent years has this
to say about Buckaroo Banzaii (at 1:10, and a few other geeky films).
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Make sure they know the fans care about this move and that we want more please!
NOTE: There is an extra dot in feedback email links after "@" i.e. "feedback@.scifi.com". I already told them, but fix them yourself when you mail.
That is a picture of Vatican City, it looks like we are in imminent national danger from the Papists! Orange Alert! (William of Orange...?)
Cool, please point to successful peer critiques of their (Frietas especially) work. I am interested in ammo for your side!
I know I heard that the Government had kinda acted like they owned certain money a couple times in the past, but searching for it in a cursory way didn't get me authoritative information.
It seems that twice in US history some money was indeed confiscated by the Federal Government.
As to your 1900 Silver Dollar, I really wasn't able to find the real data from the Federal government on this either, Apparently the IRS tried to define anything worth at least %15 over its intrinsic (metal) value as "numismatic" so not eligible for confiscation in 1984... http://www.authenticmoney.com/part3.htm. But it was apparently never implemented, so if there were another confiscation, your 1900 Dollar is not safe (doom doom doom...whatever).
I am a big fan of Zardoz, though it is a product of its time and has loads of detractors. It is an extropian cautionary tale about what happens if you get more life but don't really evolve yourselves. As for Buckaroo Banzaii. I can't get enough of it and wish the sequel and TV series had gone somewhere. The writer of the best-candiate spec. script for the sequel in recent years has this to say about Buckaroo Banzaii (at 1:10, and a few other geeky films).