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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1433771, member: 112&quot;]Yes I knew what you meant, but I was not being sarcastic. You see, a gold coin or a silver coin, or gold/silver backed paper notes, are no more &quot;real money&quot; than the notes we use today. The notes we use today ARE real money !</p><p><br /></p><p>Anything can be real money, and that is the point. And that is because money is nothing more than an idea. Money is merely something, anything, that people agree has a set value for use in commerce. It is not necessary for any form of money to be backed by anything. The thing that makes money work is the fact that people agree it is acceptable, and that&#039;s all. Money is nothing more than an idea that people are willing to agree on.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, by using the term real money, you imply that the notes we use today are not real money. But yet you can take those notes we use today and go out and buy all the gold and silver, or gems, or cars, or houses, or anything that you want. And that fact alone makes those notes real money. It proves they are real money just as much as any gold or silver coin ever was.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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