anyone else who is interested.

Greetings Collectors & Friends

While I have had to sell some of my beloved 999 bars off, I still have a couple. But even though I think that in 3-5 years all of us will look back and remember when silver went to $49+ and backed off to $28 and change. I did sell some furniture and put half towards the bills (which just keep right on coming every month, even though I don't have but a single credit card and it's an American Express used only for an emergency which so far I've refrained from having. It's amazing how much one can save by just being aware of what can be done to cut down on bills. For example, my electric bill went from $204 to less than $60 for this last month I paid a few days ago. I cut off most of my coin publications from the 5 I use to have down to one. Which is Numismatic News. My good buddy who I got into silver when it was just in the high $20's got a subscription to Coin World so if I was to need something from Amos Advantage Coin supplies, I have a connection through Jeff.

Boy oh boy did I create a monster in him. In less than 5 months he has purchased a gem BU roll of all 35 dates of the Franklin series except the 49-S and the 52-S which those he has been buying BU singles that he needs 3 more of the 1949-S coins and 2 more of the 1952-S examples and he will be done. He did this and will have about $1,000 in the roll of 49-S's which when I have seen full rolls of this date for sale, the buy it now price is over $2,000 and every time one comes up for that price, it sells very quickly. The 52-S coins are not quite as high in price, but according to Jeff, they are harder to find. As most of you remember, I was going to try and get a roll of each date in that, my favorite coin series, but after seeing how hard Jeff worked in putting his 35 20-coin roll set together and him with pretty deep pockets, I'm stuck at 14 of the 35 and that is as far as I will ever get unless a good job comes my way.

And of course after I sold him about 5 of my not so scarce old pour silver bars, he has morphed into another monster with the buying of old pour silver bars. Now he has gone crazy with them and is buying 2-6 bars a week. I fondly remember those days, and it was quite fun while it lasted. But all of this I've talked about is just "stuff" and stuff is not what's important in this world. God, family and last but definitely not least, friends are the things that are the most important. And in that order too. Really nothing else matters. Good health is nice, but not as important as those three things I just mentioned.

Anyway Rick as of right now at Apmex.com Gold is at $1677.50 and silver is at $33.04 which pegs the silver to gold ratio at 50.771 which again for those of you with some spare money, this prolonged silver price that has been between $32 and $35 is a gift from God. The market is being manipulated and when that ceases, which it will, silver will still make $200 per ounce before your kids that are in early Elementary school graduate from high school.

Good luck to all of you all and remember to save every penny you can as you never know when you're really going to need it. Had I not lived that way all my life, I would at best, be living in a tent in the woods or in a homeless shelter, worrying about whether a "WALKER" will get me (and I don't mean a Walker half either). Wow next to coins, "The Walking Dead" rules! Speaking of Rick, "you go man"! You're a leader!

I wish the best of every thing to each and every one of you. Each and every one of you deserve it. Here is a pic of a few nice bars I use to own. Just a couple left from this group, but I am still so thankful to have enjoyed that ride, and feel so very blessed to have that which I still have. I'm gonna keep on looking and I'm gonna keep on fighting and see if what my ex said about me, is true. I pray that it is. Take care and Happy Collecting to all you dear friends!

WKF