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Message:: [QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1655426, member: 41665"]This is not a hypothetical what-if nor a cherry-picked date. This is a real life "I-was-there, what-it-cost" example illustrating Silver's value in an emerging European country in the last 20 years. Here's the first part: actual coin/Ag value & cost-basis given. (I will work on a stock loss calc next, based on the 1992 pyramid-ponzi event that friends suffered. See below.) 1) Consider Silver priced in 100 Korun 1951 K. Gottwald (7 gr Fine Ag; avg intrinsic value in 1992 = 27.03 Kčs) 2) Purchased for 115 Kčs in January 1992, that "investment" entails 325% premium/'loss' upfront (numismatic, retail silver value &spec coinflation)3) Since 1992, Paper currency Kčs has fallen -64.43%; today's 115 Kčs is equivalent/down to ~41 Kčs in 1992 value. 4) Recent POS, the intrinsic value of the fine Ag in the coin is now "worth" ~134 Kčs in today's currency, a nearly 5-fold rise (4.95x higher) from the 1992 intrinsic value.5) But the coin actually sells ~379 Kčs (2-8-2013 ebay auction plus s/h: no net, taxes, etc. factored) say ~2.74x over current intrinsic value. 6) Evidently, the coin's value appreciated ~3.30x or 2.3x gain over the 1992 cost-basis. [/QUOTE]