Hey, that’s a pity Concho. Must have changed a lot since I was there 20 years ago. I will take your inland tip.

Echo 5. All currencies are paper currencies. Gold backed currencies disappeared many decades ago. However, arguably , currencies of countries dominated by precious metal and diamond exports could be considered to be like currencies backed by gold reserves .

By the way , why all the focus on gold. Platinum and paladium are the new gold.