You can buy a home in the U.S. for only 1/6th of what it cost in 2000...

[Nick Gromicko]

... if you pay for the home in silver:

In 2,000 the median price of a home was about $120K and silver was worth about $5/ounce... so it took 24,000 silver coins to buy a house.

Today the median price of a home is about $160K and silver is worth about $40/ounce... so it takes only 4,000 silver coins to buy a house (1/6th of what it cost in ounces of silver in 2000).