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Be a medieval peasant.
Harvest comes in
Load 1,000 pounds of produce onto a mule
Mule dies
Throw mule and produce on shoulders
Walk to market
Set up stall
Sign: "Apples - 1 gold piece"
Sell a single apple
Am now the wealthiest man in town
Go across the street to buy a wool tunic
Attempt to make change
Merchant cannot make change for a single gold piece
So he kills me and becomes wealthiest man in town
Repeat this for every shop in town
Literally one guy left in village
Mongols show up
Take gold piece
Return to China
China countries to be the wealthiest country on Earth for another century
the why did the wealthiest man in town give all his fortune for a single apple?
"My kingdom for a good snack!"
He was hungry
I read it was illegal for peasants to own gold or silver, maybe just in some place somewhere...
But yeah, gold is ridiculously expensive.
Even today, 1 oz of gold is worth 82 oz of silver (i.e. a metal that was commonly used to mint coins used in daily life)!