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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1823040, member: 26302&quot;]Might want to much further back than that sir. Gold and silver became valuable about 4000 years ago or longer. Gold was rare, unique looking, and very malleable. Therefor it was chosen as a symbol of power first by the priesthood class, then the nobility to set themselves apart from the masses in Babylon, Assyria, and Egypt long before coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree it was an arbitrary decision then, just much further back than you indicated sir.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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