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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 680375, member: 12789&quot;]Say what you will, paper always loses 100% of it&#039;s intrinsic value, always.&nbsp; Paper money can go on for awhile, but eventually reality always catches up.&nbsp; Gold and silver suffer dramatic swings, but never lose all their value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paper is only as good as the authority that issues it, it is merely a promise, not a store of real value.&nbsp; Gold and silver may be decried, and they are, but have been so for over 5,000 years.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have lots of very pretty pieces of paper money in my collection, some valuable because it is scarce, but most of it lost intrinsic value long ago.&nbsp; Look at the Colonial notes in the USA for instance, no value today except as a collectable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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