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> You're confusing money with legal tender. I don't think I am. Something can be generally accepted as payment for goods and services without it being legal t
by decode 13y ago
> You're confusing money with legal tender.
I don't think I am. Something can be generally accepted as payment for goods and services without it being legal tender.
> But in any case, you can just travel to the Utah
That article is about coins produced by the US mint, not lumps of gold. And even so, the article says, "so far, it is hard to find anyone who is using gold or silver to buy anything."
- icebraining 13y agoIsn't your argument equivalent to saying that Latin isn't a language, because it's hard to find anyone who uses it to chat? Gold is money, it just has been superseded for most uses. And even so, when dollars are harder to use, gold is still used for some large transactions: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324352004578136973602198776 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142412788732435200...
- nemo 13y agoYou can read many Latin works, and find the language taught in many schools. Since it isn't spoken except in a handful of limited contexts, it gets the special qualifier "dead language." Gold is basically a "dead money." Hung onto by various people for historical and religious legacies, but not really suited for modern use.