I am passing this along to people who may be interested in a publication that is out of print. There a few on this planet that have a great understanding on the concept of “money”.  RJ is correct in that Vieira is one of the best.

I received the following email from Dr. Edwin Vieira.  Dr. Vieira has four degrees from Harvard. 

A.B., (cum laude) in Chemistry 1964; M.A., Ph.D., Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, organic chemistry (cum laude) 1969; J.D., Harvard Law School, (cum laude) 1973

He is a Constitutional scholar and has tried cases before the Supreme Court.  This book is the definitive treatise on money and banking.  I urge everyone to get a copy.  The book has been out of print for some years. Internet ebay prices have been as high as $800 for this version.*

This man has one of the sharpest minds in the world.  His knowledge of money and our fiat monetary system has no equal.  He is the expert of all experts.  This book is the holly grail of money and banking.*

I urge all of you to support this reprinting.  I have been trying to get a copy for the last five years.*

Responding to numerous requests, I have tentatively arranged for a reprint of my book Pieces of Eight: The Monetary Powers and Disabilities of the United States Constitution (2d rev. ed. 2002).

In light of the current and accelerating meltdown of America’s monetary and banking systems, this book is more timely, and should prove more useful to public officials, public-policy analysts, attorneys, economists, historians, and patriots in general, than ever before.

This will be a first-class reprint of the original two-volume, 1,722+ page, hardbound and Smyth-sewn edition, protected during delivery in shrinkwrap. It will be produced by one of the premier book printers in the United States.

But this reprint of Pieces of Eight will be made available on a subscription-only basis, and only if a sufficient number of prepaid orders are received before a deadline date.

The terms of this special subscription are as follows—

1. The two-volume set will cost $149.95 plus $6.50 (shipping & handling), for a total of $156.45.

2. By no later than 31 August 2009, each potential subscriber must send

    (i) a personal check for $156.45, made payable to “Edwin Vieira, Jr.”,

with the notation “book subscription”, and dated 31 August 2009; and

    (ii) a self-addressed, stamped envelope

to Edwin Vieira, Jr., 52 Stonegate Court, Front Royal, Virginia 22630. These

checks will  be held, but not cashed, until 31 August 2009.

3. If subscriptions in a sufficient number are received by 31 August 2009,

printing of the book will be authorized. Probably about eight (8) weeks will

be required for printing, with an additional short amount of time for

shipment of the books from the printer to me.

4. As soon as practicable after I have received the books, they will be

delivered to subscribers by United States Postal Service “media mail”

(unless other arrangements, at an additional charge, are made prior to the

date of shipping).

5. If subscriptions in a sufficient number are not received by 31 August

2009, this offer will terminate as of that date (and, presumably, for all

time thereafter); and each potential subscriber’s check will be returned in

the self-addressed, stamped envelope the potential subscriber has provided.

I should appreciate as wide a circulation of this information as

possible.

Edwin Vieira, Jr.