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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 612205, member: 9270&quot;]In 1963 I was in the military in Alaska.</p><p>They still used silver dollars for normal day-to-day purchases.</p><p>Being in the service, the pay wasn&#039;t very good ($180 a month).</p><p>But I had managed to save up about $325.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here&#039;s the &quot;<b>What If</b>&quot;.</p><p>What if when I left Alaska I had taken my savings in silver dollars rather than paper money?</p><p>For those old enough to remember the Hunt brothers and the silver spike about 1980, think about what I would have had.</p><p>Common date circulated silver dollars were going for about $50 each!</p><p>Do the math ($325 x $50 = $16,250).</p><p>In 1980 that was a LOT of money.</p><p>Could&#039;a, should&#039;a.</p><p>Oh well, missed that one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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