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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tinpot, post: 1700738, member: 35836&quot;]I&#039;m not trying to convince anyone, I know that gold and silver are money, I care not if others believe the same. Sure copper and other base metals could be used as money, but they are too heavy to make it reasonable to use them in significant transactions. </p><p><br /></p><p>Platinum and Palladium are a bit too rare to be ideal money, but of course they can still be used as money as well. If platinum was valued as money like gold is, its price would probably be at least $5,000+ because its much rarer than gold. The same can be said for palladium. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the end the only money that has ever survived the passage of time is metal. The U.S. dollar appears to have survived for a long time but it has been partially backed by Gold as late as 1970. The average fiat currency lasts 40-50 years, maybe the dollar will last longer, maybe it won&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw the current price of gold right now alone proves that it is money, I don&#039;t think anyone can make a legitimate case that gold should be $1400+ an ounce if only valued as a commodity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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