[american spirit]

You've hardly covered any new ground here but more than anything else you can think of, gold has endured longer with more widespread acceptance than anything else out there...whether it's beads, pepper or FRN's. The point is we had a much more stable inflation rate and debt levels before being taken off the gold standard.

[nopardons]

WRONG ! Go buy and read " SALT ". Salt has been worth more than gold and backed up currencies and nations, for far longer than gold. :-)