23 Apr 2023 8:47 am
...of course the problem is defining 'sovereign individual person', etc... your understanding is unique to you alone....Bob » 22 Apr 2023, 8:56 am » wrote: ↑ You have to get colorful peepee, the main idea of early America and probably a most forgotten idea today is that each citizen was their own sovereign individual person that was not going to be subjected to king or corporation group rulers having rights that peasant- peonage would never be able to obtain. All chiefs and no Indians vs all Indians and no chiefs.
Gold was money
...and 'gold coins' were money...yes some people would barter 'raw gold' like anything else but i believe you'll find it wasn't acceptable for taxes, in courts, etc...