13 Stunning Visualizations of Silver Put Global Debt Into Perspective

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Although gold has a bigger reputation today as a monetary metal, it was often deemed too valuable for everyday transactions throughout history.
For the most part, common people in places like Ancient Rome used silver to buy daily staples like grain or wine. As a result, silver has a strong reputation through monetary history as the ‘people’s money’.
Even today, silver is still much more widely accessible. With one ounce of gold being 70x more expensive than an ounce of silver, it’s difficult for someone who is just starting to accumulate wealth to own gold.
Visualizing Silver
What do savings and debt look like, using the ‘people’s money’?
Below is everything from the average paycheck to global sovereign debt visualized as silver cubes.

This post was published at SilverSeek on March 9, 2017.