He predicts News Corp. stock will double within two years and that Star TV will coin money as China and India open up.

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In fact, it is precisely to Congress that the Constitution (in Article 1, Section 8) grants the power to coin money and regulate the value thereof.

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Then I asked Hoffmeister about this and he said that Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution states that Congress has the power to coin money and regulate the value of it.

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Steel and oil prices have skyrocketed, making those 5, 000-pound sport utilities that used to coin money for Ford more costly to make and more costly to operate.

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This would seem to ignore two factors: (1) the point of the coin is to pay for the debt, and (2) money is fungible.

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Anyone who has visited a weekend flea market has noticed the old coin and currency collector displays filled with past experiments in national fiat money.

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Still, Feldman claims his systems can follow currency down to pennies or a 5-halala coin from Saudi Arabia, and identify serial numbers and issue-places of money orders and traveler's checks.

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