My suggestion is to not think about the value of ounces you hold in terms of dollars, because you're comparing apples to oranges. If Gold goes to $50,000 an ounce, a gallon of milk may cost $100. Gold and Silver preserves (somewhat) its purchasing power throughout because of its rarity. I believe the price of Gold and Silver have been manipulated for a /very/ long time, far longer than when we got off the standard. So looking at what an ounce of gold or an ounce of silver (or even a Real copper penny) could buy in the 1960s, or even the 1860's, isn't going to show the actual value. I think we'd have to look at values from before the Cabal ever entered the banking system to get a pure example of its value. They've been playing this game for a very long time.