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Originally Posted by mosesandtherubberducky
*gets to use what he has learned in economics*
Money a while ago was dependant on gold as its backing. A certain number of currency was a certain ammout of gold. Now the American Dollar is feat (spelling?) meaning it is independant of any backing. It is a standard instead of gold.
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ahem yes silver dollars and gold dollars paper currency...mmmhmmm you could trae it for gold..now think if we were in a post apocalyptic tate what would u want more? gold or silver, which almost anyone would take, or paper money which would be useless