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Postby reddirtcoins » Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:21 pm

hmm... I was just reading and researching more because I hate all of the negative gold articles.

http://commodityhq.com/2013/a-brief-200 ... ld-prices/
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Postby Engineer » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:26 pm

A talent of silver would pay a skilled craftsman’s wages for nine years, while a gold talent would pay for 270 years of such work.


The ancient Greek GSR was 30:1

Using today's gold price, silver would be $46.67

Using today's silver price, gold would be $722.70
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Postby 68Camaro » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:30 pm

Using equivalent buying power gold would be something like $15000 and silver $500
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