Months ago the U.S. Mint halted production of the penny, citing it costs more to produce than it was worth.
According to the mint's 2025 Annual report, for the 20th consecutive fiscal year, nickel production cost outweighed the face value.
The New Orleans Investment Conference is only 5 days away!
Our own @jpcortez27 will be giving a talk on the SILVER Act, a federal effort to protect national security, protect and expand supply chain resiliency, and increase market liquidity by updating market infrastructure.
According to the Monthly Treasury Statement, the federal government collected $5.4 trillion and spent $7.4 trillion. The U.S. is spending $1.37 for every $1 collected.
That deficit has accumulated to $1.99 trillion in fiscal year 2026.
Our executive director @JpCortez27 will be speaking at the 52nd annual New Orleans Investment Conference.
The event is less than two weeks away. Primary registration ends soon so get your tickets soon!
Our director @JpCortez27 went on @SmarterGameShow to explain that government edicts cannot make unsound money sound.
Gold & silver stand the test of time as sound money, not because politicians say so but because markets recognize their value and unique properties.
Fed minutes, released 10/7: participants worry that after “more than five years of inflation above 2 percent,” it “could begin to affect” expectations.
A dollar saved in 2020 only buys about 77 cents today.
What about the purchasing power that has been lost in those 5 years?
California's AB 2633 makes secondhand-dealer reporting and holding rules inapplicable to coin
dealers. Regulations built for jewelry and pawned goods do not fit sound money.
Americans now expect prices to rise 4.6% over the next year, up from 4.0% in August and 3.4% in February, according to the University of Michigan’s final September survey.
For decades, @RonPaul has warned about the dangers of manipulated money. The more power government has over money, the less control people have over their own wealth.
Sound money puts a limit on that power.
In 1526, Nicolaus Copernicus wrote about the dangers of inflation and currency debasement.
This writing was as pertinent 500 years ago as it is today.
Joseph Solis-Mullen studied the Hunt Brothers silver price episode through an Austrian economic perspective, offering the instability of monetary expansion along with shifting regulatory requirements as explanation for this price shock rather than private greed.
Sound Money Fellow Anton Chamberlin produced original research about the effects of monetary policy, and the uneven impacts to the housing market accessibility and family formation.
We're proud to present the second edition of the Sound Money Review, a scholarly journal featuring writings on gold, silver & currency debasement. This year's issue includes Sound Money Fellows @AChamberlin97 & @solis_mullen, plus Nicolaus Copernicus, edited by @TheWebster.
Sound Money Fellow, Joakim Book (@joakimbook), wrote this piece for the inaugural 2026 Sound Money Review, a scholarly journal dedicated to advancing sound money principles. The second edition of the Sound Money Review is coming soon.
Our executive director @JpCortez27 recently spoke at the @mises Carolinas event, delivering a speech titled, "What Has Government Done To Our Money." This wide ranging address covers dollar devaluation, the Cantillon effect, Say's law, and state political grassroots efficacy.

















