Silver is worth 5 times as much as a quarter (if a quarter is a quarter ounce, I don't know, I've never weighed one). $5 worth of silver would be a little more than an ounce.
Then comeback and tell me how convenient that is compared to nice folding money. Sorry no matter how you slice it coins suck, there's a reason why the paper dollar keeps crushing metal dollars in the court of public opinions.
Paper dollars are fine as long as there's a government to say they're worth something. I'm diusputing some of untruths you're saying about gold.