alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoZimbabwe is grappling with its sixth currency change in 16 yearswww.semafor.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareMakePorkGreatAgain@lemmy.basedcount.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months ago2.5 tons of gold doesnt seem like a lot to back the currency of an entire country… so I looked it up. 2.5 tons = 80,000 oz = $186,880,000 (at the moment, gold’s value varies quite a bit).
minus-squareMunicipal0379@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoOkay, but how many toasters?
2.5 tons of gold doesnt seem like a lot to back the currency of an entire country… so I looked it up. 2.5 tons = 80,000 oz = $186,880,000 (at the moment, gold’s value varies quite a bit).
that’s 4.15 cubic feet
Okay, but how many toasters?