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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7441854, member: 115909&quot;]I wonder if coins containing precious metals (aka “hard money”) is why prices stayed low for so long.</p><p><br /></p><p>The price of a basic restaurant meal between 1850-1960 seem to be relatively similar because the coins were real money as they were made of silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>For 110 years the price for one person at a restaurant was under $1.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then the government stopped issuing real money of gold and silver and started printing it on paper so things got expensive quick. The more dollars printed the less each dollar is valued.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now 60 years later the price of a decent restaurant meal at a sit down restaurant is about $15.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would love to go to a restaurant; eat a big meal, then toss a single silver coin down and walk away.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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