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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CoinOKC, post: 532760, member: 2146&quot;]I was looking through my grandfather&#039;s math book which was published in 1899. I came across a few interesting numismatic-related items I thought I would share with you:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/scottokc_photo/MathBook1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Oh, and these were the days, my friend:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/scottokc_photo/MathBook2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I wonder how many of those people back in 1899 bought up as many Double-eagles, etc. and $500 &amp; $1000 bills as they could afford? Probably not many because even the cent had honest purchasing power back then.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s strange to think that these folks back then probably didn&#039;t give a passing thought that they were using gold and silver in their coinage. They probably thought that&#039;s the way it would always be! And certainly they probably never considered that CLAD coinage would take over one day much less credit cards or paying for something electronically through the INTERNET!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I wonder what they would think of our world today? Just the process of me scanning my grandfather&#039;s old math book in order to post pictures of it on this forum would probably completely boggle his mind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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