[digi_owl]

Gold has one good property, it does not rust.

Thus making tokens out them meant said tokens would last generations, and withstand the rigors of international transport.

As best i recall, gold and silver were rarely popular for domestic trade. There more common materials were used. They were instead used for international trade.

In the end people have come to confuse the token, a way to do trade accounting without an accountant always present, with the metal it was made of.