I told you it's a study in human psychology. If there's a hundred people in line and 90 of them are waving dollars at you, but 5 are waving gold or silver, maybe three have some gasoline they want to barter, a couple have some really nice frozen prime ribs they are willing to trade...
Do you take the paper dollars?
I'm not trying to be critical of anyone, just talking about what was reported.
The story you repeated didn't mention silver dollars. Are you adding to the story based on your belief or did the story say silver dollars (gold, gasoline, prime rib) moved to the front of the line?