Comment by
HyperCube on Jan 30, 2021 4:36pm
And the Fed has reserves of zero ounces of tin. By your reasonning we can conclude that the real value of tin is infinite ( $4,876,690 millions / 0 ).
Comment by
nozzpack on Jan 30, 2021 5:54pm
I don't recall that tin was ever considered as an alternative currency, so why would anyone more recent than a Neanderthal even think about tin in that way ? No answer is expected ..
Comment by
HyperCube on Jan 30, 2021 6:46pm
Nobody thinks about tin that way and nobody should think about gold that way either. The value of gold is what people are willing to pay for it, not $18,700 per ounce.
Comment by
nozzpack on Jan 30, 2021 8:19pm
Not really . For over 6000 years gold and silver have been alternative or main currencies. Gold is very rare and many uses besides as a currency. Today, Paper gold is far more abundant than real gold. All fiat currency returns to its intrinsic value which is zero. History always repeats itself