World without gold and silver.

How would the world look like if gold and silver where more scarse than in the otl, would other metals be use in their place and would humans use barter as a way of trade without gold and silver being used as intermediaries.

Obviously they would till exist and be found on earth but would be extremely rare.
 
There is the question whether metal technology would ever emerge (or at least, ever emerge in a remotely similar fashion) without the experience of working gold. Almost all other metals need to be refined. Gold can be found in pure form. As a result, metalworking cultures tended to start with gold.

(Yes, there is meteoric iron and very occasionally copper nuggets, but these are rarer than surface deposits of gold, which is saying something)
 
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