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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 25260806, member: 59677&quot;]Honestly, I doubt John and Jane Q. Public cared. Money was money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Until it wasn&#039;t (cue.: ominous music, darkening clouds in the sky - the depression looms)</p><p><br /></p><p>Spiffy new gold coins were popular for gifts, but were quickly turned into spending money. Whether a given bill was specifically exchangeable for gold or not, people of means could always turn it in at a bank for gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>$2.50 is roughly worth $45 today.</p><p><br /></p><p>If your crazy rich aunt gives you $50 in holiday money today, what happens? Mom makes you put $20 into your savings account and you blow the remaining $30 on whatever.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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