I, too, remember the 70s and 80s quite well. Paid .249 for gas but usual price was .32 and when it went to .39.........Then I was a real estate agent from 76 on. Times were very different from today. Interest rates at 12% because "the government has borrowed all the money". Bank rates were 9-12% for certificates. I could figure how much interest I would loose if I didn't get a check in the bank before 3:00. But jobs were all over (oil was big here in Colorado). There was a lot of talk about how the "count" of coins was affected by melt. Theoretically, the 1921 Morgans would be worth as much as the CC because so many of the 21s were melted. Didn't happen. But one thing I did do: I purchased a $10 gold with a minage of 960,000 (about the same as the 16-d Merc) for gold value. I was amazed at that. And that was at $600 gold. My theory is, I don't think they are melting gold and silver coins to make ingots out of when they are in an acceptable form without the extra cost. Yes, times are way different from the 80's, and the worst part is our socialist progressive government. By the way, I want all you Virginia boys to share some of your bullets with me, since you have so many and I have so few. Doesn't matter that I don't bust my hump and get out there all the time, or actually live in an area where I can find some. Just doesn't matter. I deserve to have hundreds of bullets, too.
By the way, oil at the time, was 2 or 3 dollars a barrel. Some years later, a equipment salesman told me that if oil went to $19, he could sell all his eauipment stock, make a ton of money and retire. That is when it was maybe $15. Don't know if he made his fortune, I had to evict him for non payment of rent.
