I don't have the full context of Lyn's quote, but isn't it true that, while other things may be equal, i) gold is much more scarce than silver, and ii) scarcity is a key requirement for money to function as a long term store of value?
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yes, and yes. the competition between the two was driven, among a few things, by silver’s higher utility for daily transactions.
the “accident” refers to a single decision by britain, where the fixed gold-silver ratio made gold overvalued - worth reading how this snowballed into a butterfly effect.