Some monetary reformers believe that in a genuine free market, where government did not impose a monopoly currency on the populace, a gold standard or silver standard monetary system would arise spontaneously out of the free market because of their unique properties: their extraordinary malleability, their strong resistance to forgery, their character as stable and impervious to decay, and their inherently limited supply.

Some monetary reformers believe that in a genuine free market, where government did not impose a monopoly currency on the populace, a predominantly full-reserve banking system, backed by a gold standard or silver standard monetary system, would arise spontaneously out of the free market.

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