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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1724967, member: 15199&quot;]The Aztecs valued gold, but not as monetary exchange, nor did they seem to have as much as is often thought. Much of it seems to be a low gold karat mixture including copper and silver. Most of Aztec gold was for jewelry and decorations, with Cacoa beans being superior to metals. The Spanish tried to get them to convert to metal so they could follow them to their mines, which didn&#039;t happen. The natives dumped the metal coins into the lakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess they didn&#039;t see the &#039;inherent value&#039; in the precious metals , preferring the &#039;fiat value&#039; of plant products <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Much of the misunderstanding comes from the fact that the spanish were sent to find riches, so they wrote history to validate their conquest. How could they tell the Queen that the indians preferred beans?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.allabouthistory.org/aztec-civilization.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.allabouthistory.org/aztec-civilization.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.allabouthistory.org/aztec-civilization.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1238-did-you-know-lots-of-real-aztec-gold-was-only-tumbaga" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1238-did-you-know-lots-of-real-aztec-gold-was-only-tumbaga" rel="nofollow">http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1238-did-you-know-lots-of-real-aztec-gold-was-only-tumbaga</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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