wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM (03/15/91)
> The "currency" of the USA is no longer tied to any commodity
The "value" of gold is sort of arbitrary too. I can't think of
any substance whose value is absolute. Any kind of currency has
value mostly because people agree to treat it as such.
I guess the nice thing about gold is that the total supply changes
relatively slowly.
Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM