That has nothing at all to do with the subject.
Why would you want it? I guess it would make elegant fishing sinkers:-) There are lots of other things that have more inherit value to barter with...
If you'd read my post carefully, I said that if we were to move beyond barter, we would probably return to gold. It is one thing to exchange 5 rounds of ammo for 3 fish and a couple of eggs to trading with a commodity that is accepted by many and doesn't depend on my need for bullets and yours for fish and and eggs on a given day.
“If you’d read my post carefully, I said that if we were to move beyond barter, we would probably return to gold.”
Except that it would not be gold if China held all of it... There’s nothing magic about gold. It’s just a rare commodity. Not that much different than a bit-com. It’s only worth what people perceive it to be worth.