We used to be able to make things with our money. Gold is an industrial metal with useful applications outside of being a pure transaction medium. Even copper is useful in an industrial sense—if all goes wrong, you can at least smelt a copper coin to make an electrical wire. You can’t use a Rai stone you received as dowry for much, but you can at least use it to hold up the roof of your house.
Retvrn to commodity money
Retvrn to commodity money
Retvrn to commodity money
We used to be able to make things with our money. Gold is an industrial metal with useful applications outside of being a pure transaction medium. Even copper is useful in an industrial sense—if all goes wrong, you can at least smelt a copper coin to make an electrical wire. You can’t use a Rai stone you received as dowry for much, but you can at least use it to hold up the roof of your house.