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Here's a number of videos that explain the difference between money which has value and currency which does not.
Mike Maloney has a business in trading gold. These are not sales pitches. He is trying to impart the lessons and knowledge about money that he has learned over his life time.

Money vs Currency - Hidden Secrets Of Money Ep 1 - Mike Maloney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyV0OfU3-FU

Seven Stages Of Empire - Hidden Secrets Of Money Ep 2 - Mike Maloney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdSq5H7awi8

Death Of The Dollar - Hidden Secrets Of Money Ep 3- Mike Maloney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-IemeM-Ado

The Biggest Scam In The History Of Mankind - Hidden Secrets of Money 4 - Mike Maloney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFDe5kUUyT0#t=29


When Money Is Corrupted - Hidden Secrets Of Money Ep 5 - Mike Maloney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQWMd_NPSBA

Money As Debt - Full Length Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqvKjsIxT_8

MONEY AS DEBT 2, THE TRUTH ABOUT MONEY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_IgcmsqnVM

MONEY AS DEBT 3, THE TRUTH ABOUT MONEY
This video deals with problems inherent with money itself (any unit of exchange). For those of you that have read, Adam Smith's, “Wealth of Nations,” this should sound familiar to you. They end up suggesting a system of self-credit as a way to keep closer to the roots of bartering.

The founding fathers and their insistence on small government and a virtuous people should sound very familiar to you as they discuss the self-credit system.
When you remember that back in the day, deals that were worth millions of dollars were agreed upon and completed with no more than a handshake, it should remind you of how such systems worked in the past.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxZhtGeRa-M