[Freedom4US]

Ms Plouviez said their value when in circulation had been estimated at a modern equivalent of between £500,000 and £1m, but they were likely to be worth less than that now.

Yea, right. The credit-crunch has hit everything bad, and mark-to-market I guess. Perhaps future arch-heads might dig-up ancient CDS's and interest swaps for historians to ponder, and display at museums. :)

[Clara Lou]

but they were likely to be worth less than that now
Is this a clearly stupid comment, or is there something I'm missing?

[Reeses]

Instead of burying their money, if they had invested it with a 1% annual rate of return after taxes and inflation, today it would be worth around $700 trillion.

[csvset]

Carbon credit offsets. Good as gold.

Good as money in the bank... is that before bailout good or after bailout good?