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Re:Why Gold? by RobertoG on Saturday March 12, 2016 @03:08AM (#11271802)
'issued gold and silver currency, which was called "money"'

If the value of the coin comes from the material, why issue coins in the first place?

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Re:Why Gold? by Turing_Machine on Saturday March 12, 2016 @01:25PM (#11273846)
Because it's harder to make a counterfeit coin than an counterfeit irregular lump of metal.
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