Let's start with the basics. I have some characteristics that no other matter on Earth has...I cannot be:
- Printed (ask a miner how long it takes to find me and dig me up)
- Counterfeited (you can try, but a scale will catch it every time)
- Mistaken (how many metals are bright yellow, other iron pyrite?)
I cannot be destroyed by:
- Fire (it takes heat at least 1945.4° F to melt me)
- Water (I don't rust or tarnish)
- Time (my coins remain recognizable after a thousand years)
I don't need:
- Feeding (like cattle)
- Fertilizer (like corn)
- Maintenance (like printing presses)
I don't have:
- Industrial Dependence (keeps my volatility lower)
- Counterparty Risk (remember MF Global?)
- Shelf life (I never expire)
As a metal, I am uniquely:
- Malleable (I spread without cracking)
- Ductile (I stretch without breaking)
- Beautiful (just ask a bride)
As money, I am:
- Liquid (easily convertible to cash worldwide)
- Portable (you can conveniently hold $50,000 in one hand)
- Divisible (you can use me in tiny fractions)
- Consistent (I am the same in any quantity, at any place)
- Private (no one has to know you own me
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