> An elderly woman smashed the glass entrance at a bank in southwestern China after she was told that 50,000 yuan she deposited decades ago was today only worth 20 yuan (HK$25) – with interest.
tl;dr old lady doesn't read news for half a century
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 20 minutes later[^][v]#595,504
In USA dollars the 50,000 yuan was once worth $7825.71
Now her original 50,000 is worth $3.13
They say $3.13 is worth a lot in China.
Metæ joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 11 minutes later, 31 minutes after the original post[^][v]#595,506
Just wait till her grandkids see what their stock portfolio is worth these days.
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Anonymous B replied with this 11 years ago, 12 minutes later, 43 minutes after the original post[^][v]#595,508
@previous (Metæ)
I have a small box filled with rolls of old 50 cent pieces. They all contain silver - The only thing that stops me from taking them to a Gold-Silver store to get the current silver price is - Perhaps a few of them are worth even more because of some Rare value. Its just the time to unroll and look up each one by one. I need motivation.
Quick look up and Half Dollar – Kennedy 1965-1969 (40% silver) $1.50
Assuming that none of what I have are really considered Rare the range is probably $5 to $20 each but I also suspect many are the Kennedy's.
Metæ replied with this 11 years ago, 4 minutes later, 48 minutes after the original post[^][v]#595,509
@previous (B)
I have $0.67 in change in my car's ashtray!
Anonymous B replied with this 11 years ago, 5 minutes later, 54 minutes after the original post[^][v]#595,510
@previous (Metæ)
Used to keep a lot of change for parking meters.
Just looked up value of a non rare 90% Silver 50 cent piece - $9.66 based on today's silver price. Based on inflation - I have not really made any money holding those coins.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#595,534