Silver has always been the redheaded stepchild of gold throughout human
history. While its beauty, scarcity and utility have certainly been
appreciated since pre-history, silver
just isn’t as rare as gold and has never been esteemed as highly. For
much of history, though, silver has been money. While the
average laborer (or peasant) probably never saw a single gold coin in
their hands in their lifetime, silver money was a different story.
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