1964, the last year silver was in our coins. Quarters and dimes pre-1965 were 90% silver, 10% copper. 1964 Median Family Income: $6,600. Price of silver was $1.29 per oz. So the median family income was 5,116 oz of silver per year. At $100 per oz, that is $511,600 per year. Even if you go back to 2024 silver prices, the average was $25 per oz, which would have been $127,900 for 5,116 oz of silver. Actual median family income for 2024 was $83,000. If you wonder why a family needs two incomes to survive now, it is because the govt removed silver from the coins and removed the US dollar from the gold standard (1971). Those decisions enabled Congress to start running up massive debts and enabled the Fed to start manipulating interest rates and the currency to finance it all. This is history repeating itself. As the Romans reduced the silver content of their money supply, their empire declined.(Wall Street Mav)