Not always. My friend in Vietnam was saying how it wasn’t that long ago (10-20 years maybe?) when property was purchased directly with gold talens. You exchan

Not always. My friend in Vietnam was saying how it wasn’t that long ago (10-20 years maybe?) when property was purchased directly with gold talens. You exchanged Vietnamese dong for gold, then transferred that to the seller. I assume it was done to avoid the crazy inflation and concern over validating that a massive stack of bills didn’t include counterfeits. And the lack of foreign currency to convert to.