its been that way since 1913. cash was more for ease to carry then anything else. gold was heavy and you needed to carry scales if you were a buisness man. big scam back then was grinding of some gold arround the eges of the coin. thats why you still see ridges on coins today.back then they used bank notes one of my little hobbies is collecting bank notes from back then

you cant really go back to the gold standard. there is to much economy now , trying to hold that much gold reserve would be imposible.

me i like sliver and have a bunch of it. the new tech thats pouring out uses silver so the prices are flying high and will stay there or go even higher. gold on the other hand is being driven mostly by speculation lack of faith in the economy. so just as high as it is now it could come tumbling down at anytime.