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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gboulton, post: 1272751, member: 27043&quot;]Except I&#039;m not trying to demonstrate that silver <b>can&#039;t</b> be money, or <b>isn&#039;t</b> money, but rather that it does not <b>have</b> to be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Repeatedly in this thread, the argument is made, in one way or another, that silver must be treated as a &quot;monetary metal&quot; because it has held that role in the past.&nbsp; This argument is summed up by the quoted phrase:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The argument is based on a false premise.&nbsp; There ARE &quot;logical reasons&quot; for silver to be something OTHER than a monetary metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>It can be all of the above...and then some.&nbsp; It does not HAVE to be ANY of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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