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**Zdmlscid** · 07-19-2012, 02:34 AM

£600,000 in 1941 equates to ~$108 million US dollars in 2012, using gold as the yardstick (i.e. $35 in 1941; $1588 today). Divided into 240 metric tons of silver equates to $14 per ounce, half of today's spot price. Silver was rather cheap in 1941 as it were.

07-19-2012, 02:34 AM	#5
Zdmlscid Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 384 Senior Member	£600,000 in 1941 equates to ~$108 million US dollars in 2012, using gold as the yardstick (i.e. $35 in 1941; $1588 today). Divided into 240 metric tons of silver equates to $14 per ounce, half of today's spot price. Silver was rather cheap in 1941 as it were.
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