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25. I saw that this morning. I have a little horde of silver bits and pieces I've been saving to cash in and it looks like

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Sun Dec 28, 2025, 03:17 PM

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now might be a good time. Sadly, I cashed in the gold stash during a previous high. If anyone wonders, it's stuff I picked up at yard sales and found in a recycling shed at the town dump so it's not like I have a pile of Tiffany jewelry laying around the house.

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