Showing posts with label 1922. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1922. Show all posts

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Fiat Is Not Just An Italian Car Company

From The Telegraph:
One of the big US banks texted me today to say that if QE3 actually happens, we could see gold at $5,000 and silver at $1,000. I feel terribly sorry for anybody on fixed incomes tied to a fiat currency because they are not going to be able to buy things with that paper money.
Interesting push back in the comments at that link.

A German banknote from the great inflation of the Weimar Republic.  I saved it from when I used to collect such things as a kid:

A 10,000 Mark note from 1922.