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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;superc, post: 1624344, member: 44079&quot;]Juan you are 1000 percent correct.&nbsp; </p><p>What we need to look at when discussing inflation, investments and coin collecting is a concept called &#039;real wages.&#039;&nbsp; I.e., how much can the average worker buy with what he earns in his 40 hour work week or yearly.&nbsp; For most Americans this number has really gone down and has been for a long time.&nbsp; Set against that purchasing power of the old coin he got from his grandfather.&nbsp; Imagine it was in 65 and a (then common and still available from banks) 1921 Peace dollar in fair condition,&nbsp; What could he have bought by selling it for goods in 70, 90 or today?&nbsp; I paid $29 for one of those a few weeks ago and am not impressed with the purchasing power of this coin compared to when it was new and tow or three of them would cover a worker&#039;s weeks rent in many neighborhoods around America.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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