Posted on 07/30/2025 7:15:23 AM PDT by delta7
If for nothing else, we don’t hate Congress enough for what it has done to our currency.
“So today’s dollar is about the equivalent of 2 cents in 1965.”
About 10 cents.
Melt value is not equivalent to market value,
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True, junk silver ( pre-64) carries 5-10 percent premium when buying. The article illustrates clearly how debased the USD has become.
Most ( especially youngsters) can not understand it is not Gold and Silver rising, but the purchasing power of the paper dollar rapidly declining. Note: ALL the worlds paper currencies have hit record lows in purchasing power, all requiring more paper to buy Gold/ Silver.
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