Re: Hard Currency
"At least with gold you have something you can hit someone over the head with, I suppose."
If you're in the blunt instrument weapon business, I advise you to think again. Gold's density means that a thing made of it large enough to be a useful club will be incredibly expensive, but even if gold becomes cheap or you have unlimited funds, actually wielding it as a weapon will require significant upper body strength to lift the massive weapon. It's also soft enough that striking something with it may cause damage that needs to be repaired or it becomes even more unwieldy.