The traditional currency theory practiced in China is only applicable in metal currency circulation situation.

我国传统货币理论只适用于金属货币经济。

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China is the world's first country to use COINS. 3000 years ago the late shells tombs unearthed a lot of "no copper Mr Wen", as the original metal currency.

中国是世界上最早使用铸币的国家。距今3000年前殷商晚期墓葬出土了不少“无文铜贝”，为最原始的金属货币。

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The yellow metal has become a new currency but that doesn't prevent it from dropping when there is a disaster said Leibovit.

黄色金属已经成为了一种新的货币，但是在发生灾难发生时，并不能防止其价格下滑。

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It is very diverse, we have an agriculture, base metal, precious metal and currency contract among our best traded.

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Other gold investors believe that continued weakness in the dollar will attract more gold investors like the central banks of China, Russia and India, who see the precious metal as an alternative to paper currency.

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Rob Gray represented the grassroots, small scale local currency approach, focusing on full-weight metal coins.

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