North Korea Changes Currency

Re:North Korea Changes Currency by evgen on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @05:53PM (#973211)

A silver Barber dime minted in 1900 was 2.5 grams and 90% silver. That gives you $1.40 as of the close of market today, so you could basically buy half as much gasoline now as you could then.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:North Korea Changes Currency by jeromec on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @06:27PM (#973283)

Thanks for the correction. I thought silver would've kept up with gold, but it still illustrates loss of value.

[ Parent | on HN ]