Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/23

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Subject: [Leica] Copper Wire
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Sun Mar 23 07:01:12 2008

>From the reports, platinum is even more rare than gold.  This according to 
>the US Mint, but then that is the government speaking.  ;-)   Platinum 
>jewelry is also more expensive than gold or silver equivalents.  A non 
>government source.

Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>
>
> > Platinum was always more $$$ than silver.
> > 
> > Frank Filippone
> > red735i@earthlink.net
> > 
> > 
> > Then it went up. Why I don't know.
> > Maybe it was because they said "hey this is platinum!"
> > 
> > Mark William Rabiner
> > 
> > 
> > 
> Well I had a photo history book which spoke of platinum as having been much
> relatively cheaper that it is today which affected Platinum printing.
> I think it was Beaumont Newhall,  History of photography.
> Which I've read numerous times.
> 
> But I could have hallucinated the whole thing.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark William Rabiner
> markrabiner.com
> 
> 
> 
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