Great insight Scott! I often wonder that about Gold... entire civilizations have been made and destroyed over it for millennia.Sure, today we know it has certain desirable properties but think about it... it's basically a soft metal that looks pretty.
Quote from: Hoosier Daddy on May 26, 2023, 08:28:15 AMGreat insight Scott! I often wonder that about Gold... entire civilizations have been made and destroyed over it for millennia.Sure, today we know it has certain desirable properties but think about it... it's basically a soft metal that looks pretty.Originally gold, along with silver and copper, had intrinsic value because they didn't tarnish and have antimicrobial properties. They are also very easy to work compared to iron, bronze, steel, brass, etc. Meaning those metals could be shaped at annealing temperature rather than casting with them. Most civilizations that were built on gold didn't have an easy way of working iron, and sometimes iron goods were even more valuable because pure iron could only have been recovered from meteorites.
Take my gold and give me airguns. When it hits the fan that gold ain't gonna feed me.