> all civilizations on earth Not all. Silver was money in China. A significa...

		dmm on Aug 23, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to get $12 billion of gold to Venezuela > all civilizations on earth Not all. Silver was money in China. A significant fact because for several centuries European nations wanted Chinese goods but China wanted nothing from western barbarians but their silver.

Silver was money, and so was gold.