# Is allowing people to pay bills with gold or silver a bad idea?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-allowing-people-to-pay-bills-with-gold-or-silver-a-bad-idea/1018907>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 28, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-allowing-people-to-pay-bills-with-gold-or-silver-a-bad-idea/1018907 "2025-05-28T13:05:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-allowing-people-to-pay-bills-with-gold-or-silver-a-bad-idea/1018907/41 "2025-05-29T15:28:23Z")

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Um, bad idea or bat-crap crazy? I’ll stick with VISA, thanks.

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