Today’s graphic is an ad that ran in gun magazines in the early 1960s. It certainly illustrates the ravages of mass currency inflation. Notably, if anyone living in 1965 set aside either guns or silver coins minted before 1965, they would have kept up with inflation fairly well. It is mostly paper currency and electronic “dollars” on deposit that have suffered inflation — not our tangibles.
It is fitting that this graphic illustration of inflation is being posted on April 1st — April Fool’s Day. Most Americans keep getting fooled by inflation and the alleged “money” in their wallets. The Treasury Department stopped minting real money 1964. They’ve been fooling Americans ever since.
Also take note that before the dastardly Gun Control Act of 1968, guns could be mailordered directly. Hopefully, with the Supreme Court’s recent Bruen decision, our right to free commerce in arms will be reaffirmed. I won’t feel truly free until guns and ammunition are available for sale in vending machines.
(Graphic courtesy of SurvivalBlog reader Daniel K.)
The thumbnail image below of the entire ad is click-expandable.
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