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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3139819, member: 27832&quot;]Gold went out of circulation in the early 1930s. The first <i>experimental</i> motion-picture cameras didn&#039;t really start appearing until the 1890s. Handheld motion cameras started appearing in the 1910s, I think. Any &quot;video&quot; would have been made very near the end of gold&#039;s run.</p><p><br /></p><p>Average annual wages are a bit hard to nail down; they varied widely by region and occupation. It looks to me like they increased dramatically from 1910 ($200-400/yr) to 1930 (about $2000/yr), but my sources are suspect.</p><p><br /></p><p>My father was raised as one of eight children in a not-very-prosperous family, and he recalls each of the children being given a gold quarter eagle on some special occasion. That makes me think that gold coins weren&#039;t <i>quite</i> so out-of-reach as you might think, at least toward the end of their circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>In most areas, though, paper money ruled. Would you rather have a tiny coin that&#039;s easy to lose, or folding money that can be kept safely even in a pocket that has holes?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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