AnonymousMcCartneyfan
Since: Jan, 2001
May 23rd 2010 at 4:33:54 PM
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Been a while since I've visited this entry...
You know, there was a time when gold was more common than steel. Gold has been valued since, well, the original Bronze Age. Steel didn't even get invented until the Industrial Revolution — though once it was, it still wasn't as valuable as gold because the primary ingredient of steel was common by then...
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69.56.109.142
Since: Dec, 1969
Sep 28th 2010 at 6:44:00 PM
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Gold is valued for its properties in fact, not so much the scarcity or people would be going for stuff like Iridium. Gold is soft, has a naturally pretty color, and is easy to shape for art and sculpture. The corrosion resistance helps, too, and that's part of why alchemists coveted it.
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: No value at all.
, started by SomeSortOfTroper on Oct 27th 2010 at 11:37:00 PM
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