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Gold/Mining/Energy : Gold Price Monitor
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To: goldworldnet who wrote (77146)10/20/2001 12:40:30 AM
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Here's one you'll love.

Josh Tatum was a gold miner during the gold rush of 1858, and he discovered a flaw on the five cent piece. On the back of both the five cent and the five dollar coin, there was a Roman numeral V.

The five cent coin should have had the word "cents" on the back, but it wasn't there. Therefore, the five cent and the five dollar coin looked exactly alike, except for the color. Josh Tatum decided that if he rubbed gold dust on the five cent coin, he could pass it off as a five dollar coin. He was able to get by with this for a while, but was eventually arrested. His excuse in court was that he was a deaf-mute and that he never really asked for change for his gold dust covered coins, but was given change anyway. He was sent to jail, where he spent several years.
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To this very day when suspect something isn't quite right about a story or a deal, we ask if the person is
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Joshin' us....
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