all the Gold One Can Carry {at 1901 Prices}

[jeff of pa]

The Pacific commercial advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands), 14 June 1901.



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[Hillbilly Prince]

At today's current price one hundred pounds would bring $128,134.44.
I wondered the other day if there is a finite amount of gold in the world, which leads off into all sorts of other questions

 

[Doubter in MD]

At today's current price one hundred pounds would bring $128,134.44.
I wondered the other day if there is a finite amount of gold in the world, which leads off into all sorts of other questions

I think it would be a little over $2,000,000.

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

I think it would be a little over $2,000,000.

oops! Price per ounce. I calculated for 100 ounces.

 

[Chadeaux]

At today's current price one hundred pounds would bring $128,134.44.
I wondered the other day if there is a finite amount of gold in the world, which leads off into all sorts of other questions

There's only a finite amount as it is an element and what we have is all we'll have unless they find some on the moon or another planet.