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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3016045, member: 19463&quot;]I think we modern types miss out on how important people of the past considered the value of their money.&nbsp; Late Romans expected there to be the advertised trace of silver in their coins.&nbsp; Earlier Romans saw SC noted on their minor coinage assuring that the Senate had decreed this to be a worthy coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Note (not always positive) was taken when standards changed and coinage reforms made new norms replace the good old accepted ones.&nbsp; This lasted a long time.&nbsp; On 19th century US silver coins we see arrows and rays recording changes in the intrinsic value of fractional coinage.&nbsp; When I was a boy, we knew that those blue seal silver certificates could be exchanged for a real silver bearing silver dollar.&nbsp; After that went away all we had left was trust.&nbsp; Today we hear radio ads assuring us that gold will always be worth having but we also hear people fearful that drinkable water might be more important in the future.&nbsp; What will be the currency of the future?&nbsp; Trust is difficult to mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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