wrote:
The "worth" of any medium of exchange is whatever the "worth" is
perceived to be, whether it be cash, checks, certificates of deposit,
stock certificates, money orders, bonds, gold bars, silver bars, or
shiny beads.

Gold is worth its weight in gold. :-)
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com
"According to the general theory of relativity,
space without ether is unthinkable." Albert Einstein