What could one buy with US$ 60 in 1940?
Answers: 1 month rent and groceries for the entire month.
Well you could buy 100 hot dogs with a dollar.. so 6,000 hot dogs.
I think... never was good at history. But I do know there was a time when hot dogs were only a penny!
How much is a 1802 East India Company coin worth? How much are coin collectors willing to pay for it?
Answers: may be couple of thousands... dunno know exactly, sorry...
The small copper ones are only worth a dollar or two.
Is commodity trading better return & less risk than stock trading?
Answers: Generally, it is riskier.
Commodity Trading is probably the most volatile form of trading known to man. There will be some who tell you they have a system, don't believe it.
I have traded commodities briefly, i could not handle the losing $500 on Monday and making $350 on Tuesday.
Stocks can be risky also. Penny stocks have a tendency to swing wildly in either direction.
I recommend going to :
low-cost-stock-recommendations
.com
They have a nice breakdown of many different investment vehicles.
They are the same.