Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money.

Silver’s sweet and gold’s our mother, but once you’re dead they’re worth less than that last shit you take as you lie dying.

You never win the silver. You only lose the gold.

‎"More Precious Than Silver or Gold, Are the True Friendships You Hold." ~Tom Baker

To get a gold is a feather in her cap.

Real treasure isn't gold, silver or power