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Old Dec 27, 2009 | 10:23 pm
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Originally Posted by Braindrain
Yeah, but nobody's that ignorant to believe a 1 oz gold coin is "worth" $50. That's not the same as a theoretical value on a rare coin.
Legal tender is face value, not intrinsic.

However, since it's not illegal to bring in/out over $10k, all you really lose by declaring it DesertNomad is time.
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