Gold and silver have been money for thousands and thousands of years, that doesn’t mean it’s a unified monetary system, it was just a natural occurrence. Back

Gold and silver have been money for thousands and thousands of years, that doesn’t mean it’s a unified monetary system, it was just a natural occurrence. Back when dimes were silver you could get a gallon of gas for about a dime. If you found a silver dime today and sold it for melt value you will get pretty close to being able to get a gallon of gas for that dime still!