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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1248622, member: 26302&quot;]How many other metals meet your list, but not considered &quot;monetary metal&quot;? Platinum, palladium, amongst many others are just as suited to your list Fatima, yet simply were not available to the ancients with their technology. That is the point, there are MANY metals that would serve that function, (actually nickel is an excellent coinage material as well), but by happenstance simply could not be since they are harder to refine. Gold is not singularly special to be the only metal worthy of coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am also curious about your list. Is this a list from a numismatic publication, or one created with the idea of making gold the only possible metal for coinage. The softness of gold is actually a huge drawback. Yes, it might make coining gold easy, but also means in circulation it wears quickly. This aspect of gold actually makes it a very poor choice for a circulating medium.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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