EatTheRich
President
I was cleaning my room and I found an old penny with a picture of Queen Elizabeth on it. I kid you not, it was about the size of a Kennedy half dollar.The value of gold is in its rareness.
It does have some industrial use.
http://geology.com/minerals/gold/uses-of-gold.shtml
And it makes more sense to me than using seashells. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_money
But silver, platinum, palladium, and copper makes sense too. Heck copper in old pennies is more valuable than a penny is today.