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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gboulton, post: 1272389, member: 27043&quot;]Because a thing has been used in a certain capacity does not preclude its use in another.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are, in fact, plenty of &quot;logical reason<strike> for silver not to be a monetary metal.&quot;</strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike>It has numerous medical applications.</strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike>It is easily formed or combined into alloys for use in electronics applications.</strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike>It&#039;s inexpensive, shiny and malleable, lending it to frequent use in jewelry.</strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike>It finds use in batteries, bearings, mirrors, water purifiers, and even &quot;next generation&quot; techs like solar power generation.</strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike>It still finds considerable use in photography, despite the surge in popularity of digital cameras.&nbsp; Silver-halide films still produce superior accuracy, and thus valuable for uses like Xrays, and silver-embedded paper is still preferred for high end prints.</strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike>In short, your error isn&#039;t one of history, it&#039;s one of logic.&nbsp; You&#039;re absolutely right...it&#039;s been used as a monetary metal for thousands of years.&nbsp; However, a VERY large chunk of its use is industrial or luxurious in nature..in many cases with no viable options.</strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike>Silver could become STRICTLY an industrial metal in the blink of an eye.</strike>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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