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Message:: [QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1604966, member: 41665"]No one claimed Eagles are primarily a "circulating medium" (although they may now or later, for all I know, 'in certain circles' etc.) So that's a straw-man argument.  Shame on you! lol I know, I know: you cannot help yourself. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />   Do you know any restaurants or retail entities that accept debit/credit cards? Those ARE "mediums of exchange" and "units of account" right? Americans have long been accustomed/deluded to believe Credit is Money, and that "Money" is sound. Lies, lies, lies! So when/how did'plastic' (coded magnetic strips) become the MONEY most often used in retail?  Sure: credit (and synthetic instruments, like the e-zeros in your 401k) is another 'form of Money' ... until that pretext fails/disappears utterly. And then what? Real money (Gold and Silver) returns... "High-Ho, Silver!"  Same old story, every time. I've seen/know Gold/Silver coins circulate as money (like USD$) in nearly every country (dozens) I've visited - especially the fmr soviet Union region.  Sometimes PMs are traded in the banks; sometimes changed on the street. Even here in the USA. Wanna hotdog? <a href="http://www.gilliesconeyisland.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gilliesconeyisland.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gilliesconeyisland.com/</a>[/QUOTE]