
Sign at Ashland, Oregon station. (Thanks to Katcha Sanderson for the photo.)
Two Roosevelt dimes contain 0.14468 oz of silver. If gas costs $4 in FRNs, then the implicit price of silver that makes $4 equivalent to 0.14468 oz of silver is $27.65 per ounce. So, this price seems roughly in the ballpark. But, if we take $35, which is nearer todays silvers price, then the implied price of gasoline is $5.06, which is steep. At any price less than $5.06, Id hold on to the dimes and use FRNs. One has to be careful about these things. One also needs a conversion table. This could be sold as an application on a handheld device. Im giving away a profitable idea here. The device could read in the spot price of silver from a web site. The user punches in the FRN price. Then the equivalent amount of silver coin is the output.
Poster Comment:
Amazing difference between real money and today's dollar.