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  Question 189: Explain in your own words the meaning of the sentence: “Although gold and silver are not by nature money, money is by nature gold and silver.”   
  [531] Ranger: Gold and silver, by nature, are minerals that are extracted from the earth. These two minerals, by nature, serve the purpose of conducting electricity and heat. Gold and silver also can be used as utensils or tools. Subsequently, gold and silver are not by nature money. On the other hand, money is by nature gold and silver. Gold and silver inherently embody the requirements needed of a money. Gold and silver can be measured quantitatively, through measurement by weight. Gold and silver can be divided into smaller parts and reunited back to an equivalent sum. Pure gold and silver are also able to maintain a consistent quality. Since gold and silver inherently posses these qualities, “money is by nature gold and silver.”   
  Hans: Yes. This is the answer.   
 
 
 
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