For anyone interested in a good history of using gold as money, Peter Bernstein's The power of gold: the history of an obsession is worth looking into: * https

For anyone interested in a good history of using gold as money, Peter Bernstein's The power of gold: the history of an obsession is worth looking into: * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/249245.The_Power_of_Gold https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/249245.The_Power_of_Gold Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing by Jacob Goldstein (of NPR's Planet Money) is also good: * https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50358103-money https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50358103-money