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minus-squareEx Nummis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoIf he hoarded his gold instead of spent it, he’d be up about 100% over the last five years alone. Only crypto would’ve given that kind of return in the same time span, with far greater risk.
minus-squareCrimeIsLegalNow@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoBut in terms of use as currency what he was getting ripped off by was whoever was exchanging the gold.
minus-squareemeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoWow. So if he had gone without food his couple of hundreds of dollars worth of gold would have been worth a couple hundred more dollars right now.
If he hoarded his gold instead of spent it, he’d be up about 100% over the last five years alone. Only crypto would’ve given that kind of return in the same time span, with far greater risk.
But in terms of use as currency what he was getting ripped off by was whoever was exchanging the gold.
Wow. So if he had gone without food his couple of hundreds of dollars worth of gold would have been worth a couple hundred more dollars right now.