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Originally Posted by MrMaxwell
That's right, but, not so very long ago that's exactly what you did. Walked up to someone or into a business with gold in your hand.
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If by not long ago you mean 130 years ago them you're right. But that gold was minted into coinage which was legal tender. Do you know how bad inflation would be if we still used gold coins? A $1 gold coin would have several hundreds $ worth of gold in it. People would horde $1 coins then melt them down. How would that be good?