How many chickens or quarts of milk do you think you’ll be able to buy with a stack of worthless paper?
If I’m selling chickens and you come to me with worthless paper and the next guy in line has a gold piece......he and his family will be feasting that night while yours will be going through his garbage for the bones.
“How many chickens or quarts of milk do you think you’ll be able to buy with a stack of worthless paper?”
the same amount as with a hunk of metal