Today, "The Utah Legislature on Thursday passed a bill allowing gold and silver coins to be used as legal tender in the state — and for the value of their precious metal, not just the face value of the coins." Click here for story.
but, but.. YOU CAN'T EAT IT!! lol.. Good for them, but I am ever skeptical of the gov't; why would they do this? When the gov't does stuff like this, it's going to benefit them in some way, shape, or form. So I say to myself.. "Self! where do people end up putting their coins?"