About 30 years ago I heard that an ounce of gold is worth about the same as it was 30 years before then. Now 30 years later today that is 60 years ago. 60 years ago one ounce would buy you one pair of jeans, a loaf of bread, 6 bullets, and one gun. I have no clue how much an ounce of gold is worth today, but I bet it does not buy much more than what it did 60 years ago.