"Would have to reach $150 to equal 1979 price." But there is a problem with that logic. If it went to $50 in 1979 as the high before coming down, that would be one thing. But it was MANIPULATED to that $50, in a VERy short period of time, through a massive cornering of the market that can't even HAPPEN today. it was not worth $50 in 1979, as much as it is not worth $150 today. IN the future, maybe, but not today.
Another way to put it ... Toilet paper was selling for $5 a ROLL for a week or so in March or April around around here, on craigslist. ANd some people PAID it, because they were desperate. But, if toilet paper, which is back to normal pricing now at what? 50 cents a roll? If it were to go up from where we are now to twice the price, people shouldn't say it is still undervalued because it sold at $5 a roll. that was a fake price, caused by a unique situation, and can't be used as a barometer of where a top should be. It was just artificial. As was the silver price when the Hunts did their dirty work.