Remember when gas was only 25-cents a gallon? You could take a dollar down to the gas station and buy four gallons for a buck! At that time our dollar was backed by silver – real money. Guess what? That same amount of silver actually buys more gas today! That just proves that real money like gold and silver holds its value and it is the US dollar that buys less each day. As a matter of fact, when you think about it, you realize that gas, food, and almost everything else has NOT gotten more expensive. It only seems that way because the value of the US dollar is worth less, so it takes more to buy the same goods and services. Most people think prices have gone up, but actually: it is the value of the US dollar that has gone down.

Let’s face it: since the beginning of time, every paper FIAT currency has failed. In recent history, hyperinflation can be found notable in the Weimar Republic before World War 2, where it was actually cheaper to burn currency or heat than to buy firewood. Present day Zimbabwe, hyperinflation is so bad that locals circulate 100 Trillion dollar banknotes!

In the United States, the Federal Reserve note, once regarded as the world’s “reserve” currency, has lost 98% of its purchasing power since introduced in 1913. While on its death bed, it robs We The People of our wealth through inflation.

America’s Founding Fathers regarded economic independence as a root cause for the revolutionary war. America was a chance to start new, and our country was founded on the constitutional law that no state shall ”…make any Thing but gold and silver coin a Tender in Payment of Debts…”. After that clever notion was dismissed, and when Congress out-sourced our money supply to the Federal Reserve Bank in 1913, our fate was sealed. Paper money was now to be the accepted form of monetary exchange, subject to whatever inflation or deflation the Federal Reserve deemed worthwhile. Now, almost 100 years later, a dollar buys less than $0.02 of what it did when the Federal Reserve came into power. Fortunately, it’s becoming well known that the Federal Reserve is a private bank, owned by a collection of the world’s wealthy elite.

It’s now painfully obvious as to why our country is losing our global “super-power” status: we have become a nation of credit. Our financial system is based entirely on debt. Our government is growing at an exponential rate, and the national debt grows right along with it. We spend more than we make; we consume far more than we produce. And the Federal Reserve prints money any time it wants it; bail-outs, national healthcare, welfare for those illegally trespassing… Where does it all end!?

There is no accountability; there is no transparency! And for a long time, there was little you could do about it…

Get out of paper!
The longer we continue using paper currency, the longer we continue empowering the federal government to rob us of our wealth! It is time to get out of paper money and into something that has value and can be easily used as a currency… Silver! Silver has been respected as money for thousands of years and holds a stable value over time. It satisfies all (3) requirements of money: Unit of account, store of value, and medium of exchange. By storing your savings in Silver, you protect your money from inflation

Take physical delivery!
Avoid buying “stocks” of silver or pooled silver investment accounts. Many large banks are now fractionally banking silver and gold reserves; they are lending out 90% of it and still showing it on the books! When you take physical delivery, you ensure its existence and safety from banker games.

Take delivery in small units!
If the time ever comes where paper money fails and is no longer accepted, it will still be hard to spend large silver bars at the grocery store. Minted rounds are preferred because they are easy to transport and trade.

Get AOCS Approved!
The American Open Currency Standard is a private barter network with thousands of participating Merchants eager to accept Silver Medallions for goods and services. The AOCS guarantees the weight and purity of each Medallion, establishing credibility for the private Currency.

Returning our country and financial systems to value backed transactions is an uphill battle. The American Open Currency Standard exists to educate the masses on the importance of honest money: the AOCS then creates access and incentive for an economic system based on value and production.

Through its affiliates and Community Trade Coordinators, business owners and other producers are invited to accept AOCS Silver as a private, voluntary barter Currency. By doing so, they increase consumer purchasing power and keep money inside the local community. Trading Silver promotes thrift, savings and local economic development.

While many people traditionally buy silver to save, the AOCS goal is to create a system that encourages supporters to buy silver for bartering. By joining the AOCS Coin Club and acquiring Silver, you directly impact the size of our private economy, which helps encourage others to do the same. As our project grows, it becomes increasingly easier for the general republic to remember that Silver IS Money.