This.  Even if we consider beanie babies as a legit form of currency they can be "printed" to infinity.  The argument they are both "rare" is like trying to say the USD is rare and will never go past X amount of USD in circulation.

If I told someone in the 20's a coffee would be worth $2 they would laugh in my face and say "never would that be possible I don't even earn that in a week".  Yet here we are...


Now a 1/100 oz of gold over the coarse of 100 years realtive to buying a coffee.. take a gander at that .