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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rono, post: 825007, member: 6492&quot;]LewR wrote:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>***Er, with interest rates at zero, the interest paid by banks on savings accounts is right around 1%.&nbsp;&nbsp; If I have 10K I&#039;d sure as hell rather buy gold eagles that I bloody well know are a store of value than have something denominated in greenbacks which have lost 96% of their value since 1913.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Curious fact about gold.&nbsp; An ounce of gold would by a nice toga and sandals for a Roman . . . in the 1920&#039;s a nice suit of clothes for a gentleman . . . and today at $1100 will still buy the same suit of clothes.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Or, I used to be able to take a quarter back in the late 1950&#039;s and buy a loaf of bread.&nbsp; That same silver quarter will today buy . . . a loaf of bread.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Er, it&#039;s called STORE OF VALUE.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>peace,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>rono[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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