urbanrealtor wrote:I know the

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[quote=urbanrealtor]I know the usual libertarian tropes about precious metal standards and I am not interested in that discussion now.

My questions is this:
Since we don’t currently have a gold or silver standard, what is the importance of gold in long term government storage?

I am not arguing. Its a serious question and I would like to hear actual views on it.[/quote]

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