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To: carranza2 who wrote (68767)1/1/2007 11:48:46 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Respond to of 74559
 
It's not a graph I'm setting store by other than an example of how commodities such as gold vary, to a greater or less extent, against other things, such as the Dow.

What they say the graph shows is true enough. But like so many things, it's a limited truth.

Mqurice



To: carranza2 who wrote (68767)1/2/2007 5:23:41 PM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 74559
 
if you compare it to the price of gold, which is the One Real And True currency.

Not far off the truth. The same amount of gold buys 200 pounds of flour today as it did in Roman times.

museumoflondon.org.uk

How have fiat currencies fared over time?

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Message 22095135

been lots of good posts, can't find them now.


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