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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 26443857, member: 104064&quot;]This got me thinking - what is the hidden &quot;benefit&quot; to the economy by facilitating commerce? I&#039;m no economist so this is just a ramble, but for example let&#039;s say there was a law that coins could only be made out of gold. Gold is set at $20/oz, it&#039;s not practical to make 1/2000th ounce gold coins, so in an era when stuff was 3 cents a pound it seems like the economy would be stifled in that scenario. Or take the Spanish real that people chopped up into pieces of eight. Coining only the real stifled the economy (right?). </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m just thinking that there has to be some unquantified benefit to the economy not included in these calculations beyond looking at only the cost to manufacture. Or maybe I&#039;m nuts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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