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<p>[QUOTE="doug444, post: 1937868, member: 38849"]We have never had classic hyperinflation in this country. Due to expansion of the money supply by many trillions of dollars, we <b>will</b>, and all silver and gold will become a commodity, valued by weight and by a convenience factor. Silver and gold will be the only real money; no one will really want to hold continuously-depreciating paper money over the long term as a store of value. That's why I buy junk silver -- not to trade like stocks, but to preserve the purchasing power of the assets I already have. I'm not selling off my good coins to buy precious metals, because I enjoy the hobby, but I do sell off as much "stuff" as possible, in anticipation that PM's might give my heirs a better life. It's the best gift I can give them. They are wonderful people, but clueless.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where do they live, someone might wonder? In a State of Denial...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>=====</p><p>Here's an easy number to remember = 26%, like 26 letters in the alphabet. Three years of 26% inflation exactly DOUBLES the price level, $1 to $2.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="doug444, post: 1937868, member: 38849"]We have never had classic hyperinflation in this country. Due to expansion of the money supply by many trillions of dollars, we [B]will[/B], and all silver and gold will become a commodity, valued by weight and by a convenience factor. Silver and gold will be the only real money; no one will really want to hold continuously-depreciating paper money over the long term as a store of value. That's why I buy junk silver -- not to trade like stocks, but to preserve the purchasing power of the assets I already have. I'm not selling off my good coins to buy precious metals, because I enjoy the hobby, but I do sell off as much "stuff" as possible, in anticipation that PM's might give my heirs a better life. It's the best gift I can give them. They are wonderful people, but clueless. Where do they live, someone might wonder? In a State of Denial...:woot: ===== Here's an easy number to remember = 26%, like 26 letters in the alphabet. Three years of 26% inflation exactly DOUBLES the price level, $1 to $2.[/QUOTE]
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