[Avodah] money and halakhah

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:

> Richard Wolpoe wrote:
>
>  Remember if I tear up a shtar chov I do NOT tear up the Chov, only the
>> Evidence of a Chov. The Chov is still there and the only damage is that I
>> destoyed a document that makes things convenient.
>>
>
> Whereas if you destroy a $20 note, what happens?  It's gone.  There
> *is* no "chov", there never was one.
>

>
> --
> Zev Sero



As  I posted elsewhere, 60% of a $5.00 bill might be honoured if you can
PROVE the other part has been destroyed, and is stil not lurking for further
exchange - BUT but 60% of a $5.00 Silver coin isworth  merely $3.00 PERIOD
an dwaht is broken off is $2.00

Because with fiat money it is the shtar that coutns,  The paper has no value
and if you could get the ksaf off the paper somehow it's value would NTO
dminish, but that would NOT be true for gold/silver. if you removed the
element it intrinsically dminishes its moentary value as well as its
utility. That is how they are not domeh at all

True a reipped up dolalr is not 100% like a US savings bond which is
completely divorced from its paper andif you own stock in a trust the paper
never gets into your hand etc.



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