Jim wrote: > Hi Marshall: > > Are you saying that the reason that coins were made out of silver is so > that coins wouldn't spread disease or are you saying that the silver > prevented the spread of disease as a secondary use of silver? Your > statement could be taken both way.
It was a secondary but quite significant effect. The original usage came from several reasons. Much of it was historical, when the "gods" indicated that these metal had great worth to them (this is in the Old testament, but forget that, it is in the Summarian tablets as translated by Stitchen as well). Also, these metals or fairly rare, excellent for making jewlery giving them an intrinsic worth. Lastly, they are coin metals, which can be easily alloyed and made into durible coins. Marshall -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
