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easily be kept a long time than such things as food,
which rots, or buildings, which slowly fall to pieces,
or machines, which rust. It takes up very little space,
and if you put it in a bank, it is as safe as anything in
this world can be.

But modern money has some very serious
disadvantages as a means of storing up baying power.
In the old days, when money was in the form of gold
and silver coins, the metal in each was really worth
the amount stamped on the coins, the metal in each
was really worth the amount stamped on the coin. But
the paper in modern paper money and even the metal
in most modern coins are worth very much less than
in the amount written on them. As a result, the buying
power of modern money can change very greatly in a
short time.

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