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Looking for listing of non-fiat money countries

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domineaux posted on Thu, Jul 15 2010 5:52 PM

Is there a listing somewhere that names all the countries that aren't on fiat money?

 

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zuiprax replied on Thu, Jul 15 2010 6:30 PM

I'm not aware of any countries not using fiat money or without legal tender laws that mandate the use of fiat currency.

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domineaux replied on Thu, Jul 15 2010 7:32 PM

I've spent most of the day looking.  Thought I'd try on this forums to see, if there was any country left that had silver/gold or precious metal collateralized currency.

Looks like there are no safe havens for your dollars when the world economy starts coming down.

 

 

 

 

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Answered (Not Verified) Clayton replied on Thu, Jul 15 2010 7:38 PM
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Here's the list:

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al gore the idiot replied on Thu, Jul 15 2010 7:54 PM

I believe Switzerland was the last country to switch over to the fiat system. That was in 2000.

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BrianAnderson replied on Thu, Jul 15 2010 9:15 PM

That was in 2000.

Damn, that's so recently. Didn't we stop using the gold standard in the early 1970s under Nixon? Explains Switzerland's high average of private income.

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Clayton replied on Thu, Jul 15 2010 10:41 PM

I believe Switzerland was the last country to switch over to the fiat system. That was in 2000.

Can you provide some more details on this? An article link would be awesome.

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