Don't kid yourself -- the days of Silver and Gold are over ... long, long gone. They are no longer coming back as back ups of any currency in the world. Only Ron Paul whose expertise in monetary economics was learned by delivering babies, and followers from the "lunatic fringe", believe that a token with gold or silver in it is a "legal tender". If I am not mistaken, he once held a token Silver Circle in front of the Chairman of the Federal Reserves Dr. Bernanke who has a Ph.D. in Economics telling him right before the TV camera that it was a "legal tender" he could use in any grocery store but has lost its value due to inflation. In Congress, his followers from the "lunatic fringe" wanted him to amend the Law of Supply and Demand! When you are economically depressed, you either listen to his Economics or hang yourself in a nearby tree -- the same thing!