Re: [DL] Weight of gold coins

["Daniel Gwyn" <dgwyn@colba.net>]

Hi,
    Thank you everyone who's answered my question.  :-)
          Daniel Gwyn
"Yeah, I'm bitter.  Dyin' does that to you."
Pete Josephson (1845-1878)
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>
À : deadlands@gamerz.net <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Date : July 16, 2001 9:16 PM
Objet : Re: [DL] Weight of gold coins


>At 05:21 PM 7/16/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>     Here's a reference question for the list serv.  Approximately how
>> much would $15,000 in Confederate Gold coins weigh?
>
>Well.
>In 1877 gold was listed as having a value of $22.10 /ounce - but it was
>coming off of a peak that occurred during the Civil War.  Within a couple
>of years the price of gold stabilized at $20.33 (give or take some change)
>and was held at that price until the 30's by the feds.
>
>For simplicity I just go with $20/ounce - which matches nicely with the
>currency known as the double eagle.
>
>
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