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<p>[QUOTE="Cloudsweeper99, post: 1181146, member: 3011"]Metals such as gold and silver still have the edge as money because they don't rot like cocoa beans so they are a better store of value, they are divisible into any quantity without destroying value [how do you make change for a rock with a hole in it or a shell?], and every quantity of gold and silver is equal in value to every other quantity of the same purity. Some cocoa beans or shells or rocks may have properties making them more attractive or valuable than others.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would also add to your list the fact that for something to be currency it must have a value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cloudsweeper99, post: 1181146, member: 3011"]Metals such as gold and silver still have the edge as money because they don't rot like cocoa beans so they are a better store of value, they are divisible into any quantity without destroying value [how do you make change for a rock with a hole in it or a shell?], and every quantity of gold and silver is equal in value to every other quantity of the same purity. Some cocoa beans or shells or rocks may have properties making them more attractive or valuable than others. I would also add to your list the fact that for something to be currency it must have a value.[/QUOTE]
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