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This is really cool, but I don't understand why they'd be more popular than local currency if they're not the dominant world currency like the dollar is. Still
by JBReefer 10y ago
This is really cool, but I don't understand why they'd be more popular than local currency if they're not the dominant world currency like the dollar is.
Still, what a fascinating chunk of currency.
- Turing_Machine 10y agoI would guess that in every instance where these are popular that the local currency is fiat money issued by an unreliable government.
- dcposch 10y ago> This is really cool, but I don't understand why they'd be more popular than local currency if they're not the dominant world currency like the dollar is. Looks like it's basically a widely used standard denomination for silver bullion. Silver holds its value much more reliably than third world fiat currencies.