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Re:Not OK, Google by softrock on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:52PM (#12645549)
It wasn't a currency in the same way that gold isn't a currency. Latinum is supposed to be a substance which cannot be replicated unlike most things so it's valued by, as you say, the avaricious.
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Re:Not OK, Google by dragonwriter on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:57PM (#12645595)
> It wasn't a currency in the same way that gold isn't a currency.

Throughout much of history, gold in standardized sizes was a common form of currency. Gold-pressed latinum in standardized "slips", "strips", "bars", and "bricks" is exactly the same thing.

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