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a-brief-2000-year-history-of-gold-prices

PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:21 pm
by reddirtcoins
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/

Re: a-brief-2000-year-history-of-gold-prices

PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:26 pm
by Engineer
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

Re: a-brief-2000-year-history-of-gold-prices

PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:30 pm
by 68Camaro
Using equivalent buying power gold would be something like $15000 and silver $500