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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2876229, member: 27832"]So, the value of silver change tracked along with the cost of living, or at least they matched in the 1960s and today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, how much of that change do you think would've circulated in 2011, when a silver quarter was "worth" $7.50 (and a gallon of gas was around $3.75)? Would <i>you</i> have spent one of those quarters for a gallon of gas?</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd just as soon not have our system of coinage held hostage to random run-ups in the <i>commodity</i> that they're struck from.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Actually, I'm almost beyond caring, in this age of plastic money; the <i>only</i> reason I still use cash is because I like checking my change for interesting coins and/or serial numbers. And by "interesting" I mean "able to be flipped for a profit", mostly.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2876229, member: 27832"]So, the value of silver change tracked along with the cost of living, or at least they matched in the 1960s and today. Now, how much of that change do you think would've circulated in 2011, when a silver quarter was "worth" $7.50 (and a gallon of gas was around $3.75)? Would [I]you[/I] have spent one of those quarters for a gallon of gas? I'd just as soon not have our system of coinage held hostage to random run-ups in the [I]commodity[/I] that they're struck from. (Actually, I'm almost beyond caring, in this age of plastic money; the [I]only[/I] reason I still use cash is because I like checking my change for interesting coins and/or serial numbers. And by "interesting" I mean "able to be flipped for a profit", mostly.)[/QUOTE]
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