> scott wrote:

>>
>> You can buy 3mg of gold off me for 100 GBP if you want.  Actually, 
>> seeing as it's Friday I'll give you a special deal and give it to you 
>> for half price!
> 
> Heh. Like I actually *need* gold for something...

"Since 1968 the price of gold on the open market has ranged widely, from 
a high of $850/oz ($27,300/kg) on 21 January 1980, to a low of 
$252.90/oz ($8,131/kg) on 21 June 1999 (London Gold Fixing)"

So... Want to buy 3mg for 100 GBP?

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scott wrote:
> If you look on an English bank note, it says "I promise to pay the 
> bearer on demand the sum of xxx pounds".  

American currency used to say essentially that. Then a decade later it 
started saying "XXX oz of gold is on hand". Then it just switched to 
"treat this like money or we'll shoot you."

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Darren New wrote:
> scott wrote:
>> If you look on an English bank note, it says "I promise to pay the 
>> bearer on demand the sum of xxx pounds".  
> 
> American currency used to say essentially that. Then a decade later it 
> started saying "XXX oz of gold is on hand". Then it just switched to 
> "treat this like money or we'll shoot you."
> 

Somewhere between 'xxx pounds of gold' and 'we promise this is real 
money' it went to 'xxx silver dollar coins available on demand'. That 
didn't last too long either.

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