What Makes Gold So Valuable?

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Gold is seen as a valuable metal world wide. Where did this idea originate and how much is it worth today?
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  • @steveozone4910
    @steveozone49109 жыл бұрын

    Fuck gold. I'm saving my bottle caps.

  • @fj19981

    @fj19981

    9 жыл бұрын

    Haha

  • @mitchiemasha

    @mitchiemasha

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Steve Ozone Not long to wait now either.

  • @joshuavaleza2719

    @joshuavaleza2719

    9 жыл бұрын

    LMFAO

  • @anthonyduran6379

    @anthonyduran6379

    9 жыл бұрын

    better hope what happened in fallout happens I'm real life

  • @VoluntaristSociety

    @VoluntaristSociety

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Steve Ozone This is pure statist brainwashing.. "Because it's rare, and pretty. The end." REALLY? THE END? You forgot to mention the REASON WHY GOLD IS SOL VALUABLE: It can not be reproduced by thieves, and it will never corrode or lose value! This is what makes gold VALUABLE AS AN INVESTMENT and this is where MOST GOLD by far is, stored as investment. This video is blatant propaganda to point away from the FED inflating the hell out of the dollar.. Brainwash people that sound money and economic policy is nothing more than "pretty" is very stupid. The technological abilities of gold were not even mentioned. It's excellent conductivity, etc.. It's extremely valuable in industry. You like your cellphone? Fuel injected car? THANK GOLD. Fuck this god damn channel. How does this have so many likes? I don't understand.

  • @TobyMUFC
    @TobyMUFC9 жыл бұрын

    value is a strange concept.

  • @dmand2353

    @dmand2353

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Toby MUFC agreed

  • @fundemort

    @fundemort

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Toby MUFC it's personal

  • @katia1433

    @katia1433

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Toby MUFC So is scarcity.

  • @ldekker97

    @ldekker97

    9 жыл бұрын

    I totally agree

  • @SaMoLsSs

    @SaMoLsSs

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Toby MUFC people are stupid, thats all... metals more valuable than water or workable lands??? ha ha ha....

  • @Epicslayer77
    @Epicslayer779 жыл бұрын

    I disagree with liquids not making good currencies, alcohol is the oldest currency

  • @nimekupata

    @nimekupata

    6 жыл бұрын

    GreaseMonkey Naw the oldest currency is blood.

  • @mmm4638

    @mmm4638

    5 жыл бұрын

    Listen again. Why dont you carry million $ in alc

  • @ccluci8848

    @ccluci8848

    5 жыл бұрын

    GreaseMonkey the oldest currency are livestock or food

  • @Kelvin_smith28

    @Kelvin_smith28

    5 жыл бұрын

    You sound stupid gold was bere before humans were. Humans invented alcohol stupid. Alcohol is man made, gold isn't

  • @aureavita8653

    @aureavita8653

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Kelvin_smith28 but we didn't *USE* it after alcohol right?

  • @booniedog96
    @booniedog969 жыл бұрын

    "The Precious will be ours, once the Hobbitses are dead!"

  • @PJFox-lo8pi

    @PJFox-lo8pi

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha I was read that book to me by my primary school teacher. Made me laugh 😄

  • @dwdelve

    @dwdelve

    4 жыл бұрын

    We know the Hobbitses as Central Banks and their dirty teir one assets

  • @CowneloAlvaroid

    @CowneloAlvaroid

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dwdelve You're having a mental breakdown on KZread over "gold comments" LMAO What a sad miserable life you must have.

  • @cursedlight8318

    @cursedlight8318

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CowneloAlvaroid no u

  • @JegMak
    @JegMak9 жыл бұрын

    I have a copy of Pokemon Gold. It's in great condition. :)

  • @highlypleased6906

    @highlypleased6906

    3 жыл бұрын

    5 years ago

  • @leoveyne7395
    @leoveyne73957 жыл бұрын

    "Because it's rare and pretty" God help us all from this stupidity....

  • @MuhammadQosim

    @MuhammadQosim

    5 жыл бұрын

    "rare, pretty, and least reactive of any metals" .. from best coin material to most valuable material

  • @JohnDoe-qu2dr

    @JohnDoe-qu2dr

    5 жыл бұрын

    God want us to be stupid tho.

  • @FiatBurner

    @FiatBurner

    5 жыл бұрын

    The only thing stupid is that simplified explanation. In addition to being rare and pretty, gold has many practical uses in electronics, aerospace, medicine, and dentistry. It also is the best form of money due to its durability, portability, divisibility, and fungibility.

  • @richielek

    @richielek

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@FiatBurner gold may be used for some special equipments, but not massively. there are other materials (ex : metal alloys, composite, stainless steel, etc) that are more cheaper and have greater characteristics (at least these materials are more than enough for products). gold may have good durability for money, but metal money is heavier, taking more place, paper money is way more flexible and card/e-money is even more flexible, after all, money is used for transaction purpose not for beauty purpose. what i'm trying to say is gold is a great metal but many materials can replace it, for me gold is just overpriced cmiiw.

  • @donavon2763

    @donavon2763

    4 жыл бұрын

    It does explain why it has value though.

  • @kyoyaq
    @kyoyaq9 жыл бұрын

    2:49 for TLDR people

  • @kyoyaq

    @kyoyaq

    9 жыл бұрын

    You knew what I meant

  • @MrMagichobo21

    @MrMagichobo21

    9 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @kuhataparunks

    @kuhataparunks

    9 жыл бұрын

    You saved my life omfg thank you!!!

  • @Kaitokaz

    @Kaitokaz

    9 жыл бұрын

    +AndrewG what does that mean?

  • @Sammy197
    @Sammy1979 жыл бұрын

    2:13 If you made a golden statue and left it sitting in a public square, it wouldn't be sitting there the next day...

  • @goliathgeek678
    @goliathgeek6789 жыл бұрын

    Silver is the second most versatile commodity on this planet behind oil. As well as being used as currency as long as gold. Silver is gonna be the precious metal to bet on if an economic collapse ever did happen.

  • @johannes4123

    @johannes4123

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Steve Ince silver corrodes

  • @neeneko

    @neeneko

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Steve Ince *nod* I have noticed that precious metal dealers are a lot more likely to include 'industrial silver' by the kilo in addition to their various 'pretty coins and bars'. That is a good indicator that silver is easier to move based on its utility as a resource as opposed to gold kinda being dominated by fashion.

  • @D34THC10CK

    @D34THC10CK

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Steve Ince Thanks, but I'll keep stocking up my bottlecaps ;)

  • @Amy_Dunn

    @Amy_Dunn

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Steve Ince which is why Dorthy's shoes were silver in the book version of "The wizard of Oz" not ruby. It was a representation of economic stability and ruin. (Or something like that.)

  • @scientist368

    @scientist368

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Steve Ince i only bet on a iron man suit made from adamandium

  • @looneyflight
    @looneyflight9 жыл бұрын

    you forgot to mention the heat shielding, current carrying, uv reflecting characteristics of gold. You only mentioned why gold became popular in ancient times. The solution for more gold is better solved by recycling old stuff with gold in it. Alot of small old electronics we throw away has precious metals in them that should go to recycling facilities to reclaim these precious metals.

  • @fredstead5652

    @fredstead5652

    3 жыл бұрын

    The gold in electronics is as thin as hair.

  • @MargaritaMagdalena

    @MargaritaMagdalena

    3 жыл бұрын

    We love gold because it's rare and beautiful. It's the only real reason.

  • @looneyflight

    @looneyflight

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@fredstead5652 yet the japanese get whole gold, silver and other metals from their recycling. Scaling multiples those hairs very quickly. Wouldn't waste people time over a hair 🤣 of precious metal.

  • @looneyflight

    @looneyflight

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MargaritaMagdalena if ancient countries can make currency out of it that really means it is not that rare. No one goes around talking about how pretty pennys nickles dimes and quarters are.

  • @MargaritaMagdalena

    @MargaritaMagdalena

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@looneyflight Ancient countries had much smaller populations than today, and I don't think everyone used these coins. Plus, no-one said it has to be extremely rare. That'd make it unusable too. Gold js valuable because of its sweet spot between rare and available.

  • @deamunich
    @deamunich5 жыл бұрын

    I felt like I was out of breath hearing her talking.

  • @Ashiente
    @Ashiente9 жыл бұрын

    0:10 i died

  • @Borzogo
    @Borzogo9 жыл бұрын

    Spending money on jewels is really stupid when you stop to think about it. Of course, most people who do are not very good at this thinking thing or don't have to.

  • @mitchiemasha

    @mitchiemasha

    9 жыл бұрын

    +NVaizard If you have excess money it has it's values as an investment, you can pass it down through your family until they need it. The value should rise. that been said, I also see it as a waste of money and people shouldn't have excess!

  • @nisher15

    @nisher15

    9 жыл бұрын

    +mitchiemasha Define excess..

  • @mitchiemasha

    @mitchiemasha

    9 жыл бұрын

    nisher15 Answering your request!

  • @VoluntaristSociety

    @VoluntaristSociety

    9 жыл бұрын

    +NVaizard This is pure statist brainwashing.. "Because it's rare, and pretty. The end." REALLY? THE END? You forgot to mention the REASON WHY GOLD IS SOL VALUABLE: It can not be reproduced by thieves, and it will never corrode or lose value! This is what makes gold VALUABLE AS AN INVESTMENT and this is where MOST GOLD by far is, stored as investment. This video is blatant propaganda to point away from the FED inflating the hell out of the dollar.. Brainwash people that sound money and economic policy is nothing more than "pretty" is very stupid. The technological abilities of gold were not even mentioned. It's excellent conductivity, etc.. It's extremely valuable in industry. You like your cellphone? Fuel injected car? THANK GOLD. Fuck this god damn channel. How does this have so many likes? I don't understand.

  • @Borzogo

    @Borzogo

    9 жыл бұрын

    Voluntarist The video never questioned the value of gold. No argues it has PERCEIVED value. The technological abilities of gold are sure as hell NOT the reason it was valued for thousands of years. It's shiny, rare and durable. That's it. Of course gold still is and will continue to be a good investment, that's not the point.

  • @rachelle2227
    @rachelle22279 жыл бұрын

    I prefer the looks of silver or platinum over gold any day. I don't have those metals lying everywhere, but I definitely prefer silver colored things over gold colored things. Jewelry, decor, sculptures, et cetera.

  • @neeneko

    @neeneko

    9 жыл бұрын

    +rachelle2227 Both are probably better investments too. Silver is easier to move for industrial uses and can be broken down into more manageable amounts for small or fine grained transactions. Platinum is worth more and tends to be more stable. The gold market is pretty emotion driven, flooded with people who invest for idealogical rather than economic reasons, which makes it kinda flakey.

  • @RedStefan

    @RedStefan

    9 жыл бұрын

    what about white gold? Do you fancy it more?

  • @rachelle2227

    @rachelle2227

    9 жыл бұрын

    RedStefan In my opinion, white gold is just for people that like the sound connotation of regular gold, but not its look. I don't really care.

  • @white_shadow_123

    @white_shadow_123

    9 жыл бұрын

    +rachelle2227 Rhodium (usually used) is white gold. It has no connection to gold at all. Problem is it's much more expensive, so gold is usually plated with rhodium, so you get white gold.

  • @rachelle2227

    @rachelle2227

    9 жыл бұрын

    trckojr well, I didn't quite word that correctly. I guess I just think it's called white gold because people like the sound of gold. That's why it's not called rhodium coated gold. It doesn't sound as expensive or familiar to people.

  • @johnwang9914
    @johnwang99147 жыл бұрын

    It's also because it's very dense therefore it's difficult to substitute other materials without changing it's weight significantly. That is, it's easy to authenticate.

  • @juandeldiablo696
    @juandeldiablo6969 жыл бұрын

    Yes I love when Julia explains things!!!

  • @justingreen8572
    @justingreen85729 жыл бұрын

    Yeah we moved away from gold backed currency alright, and look how well that turned out.

  • @neeneko

    @neeneko

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Justin Green Pretty damn well actually.

  • @justingreen8572

    @justingreen8572

    9 жыл бұрын

    neeneko Really? Do explain.

  • @neeneko

    @neeneko

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Justin Green In the real world, gold backed economies had serious problems with both stability and growth bottlenecks, not to mention currency manipulation. They have attained a lot of mythology over the last few decades, but that has been mostly due to philosophical and anti intellectual reasons since they pull on images from 'simpler times'. But they sucked then, and they suck now.

  • @justingreen8572

    @justingreen8572

    9 жыл бұрын

    neeneko So you've given me your opinion. Now give me some facts.

  • @ethanmarsingill

    @ethanmarsingill

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Justin Green those are backed by facts look it up

  • @116skinnyboy
    @116skinnyboy9 жыл бұрын

    1 thing she said didnt make any sense.... if you made a statue of gold it wouldnt look the same in 1000 years, it wouldnt even look the same in 10 years... and the reason is quite simple to explain with science. you see gold is a precious metal that is very expensive and rare (as explained in this video) and even small amounts of it is worth thousands. left outside to the elements the gold will shrink or even lose large chunk over a small period of time because of natural carbon based life forms finding value in the shinny metal... i.e. niggas gonna to steal that shit... science bitches!!!!

  • @SBdunks3
    @SBdunks36 жыл бұрын

    Anybody know where I can find out the spot on gold?

  • @nicoleboudreau2646
    @nicoleboudreau26469 жыл бұрын

    lead's toxic properties don't invalidate it as a currency since the concept of currency predates the notion of lead being harmful. and considering that it is both highly malleable AND sweet, it seems like a good candidate for an early currency.

  • @tramsgar
    @tramsgar9 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Julia, our precious golden host!

  • @zachcrawford5
    @zachcrawford59 жыл бұрын

    Gold is a metallic element, not a "space rock". It is valuable because it is rare and can't be made or copied (excluding nuclear synthesis, which in not worth it in gold's case) it is also very useful and inert.

  • @deepakraghav8235

    @deepakraghav8235

    4 жыл бұрын

    Actually you don't know the meaning of the rock...

  • @MargaritaMagdalena

    @MargaritaMagdalena

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@deepakraghav8235 Explain.

  • @cmssml
    @cmssml8 ай бұрын

    "Brought to you by Boeing" at the end had me cracking up

  • @JudgeDredd888
    @JudgeDredd8888 жыл бұрын

    How much was the denture you wear??

  • @zukodude487987
    @zukodude4879879 жыл бұрын

    Julia is my most precious item >:)

  • @Bram06
    @Bram069 жыл бұрын

    It's rare, easily meltable, not rustable and very shiny, there you go

  • @0bbie610

    @0bbie610

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's a dumb reason for it to be "very valuable"

  • 3 жыл бұрын

    It's very rare. Created by kilonovas during the earliest parts of the creation of the solar system

  • @MargaritaMagdalena

    @MargaritaMagdalena

    3 жыл бұрын

    @So Gold was considered precious long before we knew about it's conductivity. Just like many other things that have no practical use, like Da Vinci's art, just to name an example. It'll never be useful but is considered extremely valuable.

  • @edgarazaky8256
    @edgarazaky82567 жыл бұрын

    Simple, it's a super material designed by aliens to control our minds. Just like the monolithic figure from space odyssey

  • @EDKsurly
    @EDKsurly9 жыл бұрын

    Gold is excellent for conducting electricity. And It's more dense than lead, so it good for shielding radiation. hehe

  • @infernuslux9662

    @infernuslux9662

    4 жыл бұрын

    silver is way better as a conductor for both thermal and electric energies.

  • @tubeyou982

    @tubeyou982

    4 жыл бұрын

    In ancient times there was no electronics

  • @MargaritaMagdalena

    @MargaritaMagdalena

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gold was considered precious long before we knew about its conductivity, and conductivity is not the only property that makes a material useful, nor even a particularly important one. Conductivity is not the reason why people have loved gold for thousands of years.

  • @MargaritaMagdalena

    @MargaritaMagdalena

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@infernuslux9662 But gold is less corrosive.

  • @dnjg3790
    @dnjg37908 жыл бұрын

    To further elaborate on this video here are some fun facts. 1. Gold is an excellent conductor of electricity. Copper and silver both have a lower resistance and therefore conduct electricity better but they both tarnish so gold is the more reliable choice. But the most interesting thing about gold in my opinion is that multiple ancient civilizations that had absolutely no contact with each other used gold as a currency and before the discovery of electricity was useless. why you ask? 2. Some conspiracy theorists believe that our creators are aliens from space that have evolved to the point where they can no longer reproduce. So apparently they spliced their dna onto primates when they first visited earth long ago. They with their advanced technology had many uses for gold and they commissioned us to become a labor force in order to mine it for them in exchange for gifts such as, better brains brought on by all the dna splicing, fire, our first spoken language, and advanced mathematics. (whats weird is that ancient peoples grasp on mathematics was actually surprisingly good and the upper echelon in our hierarchy kept a lot of that information secret. look up the history of sacred geometry. pretty neat.) anyway they say that being taught that gold was highly valuable at the same time we first developed advanced cognitive reasoning kinda stuck with us through thousands of years. But the infinitely more likely and yet infinitely more boring theory is that before electricity gold really had no other uses other than being a currency. Other precious metals tarnish and corrode and therefore cant be stored for long periods of time. it is also rare, has a distinct color, and is rather malleable. making counterfeiting difficult in the ancient world. i personally prefer the former just because its more fun

  • @TheRTM

    @TheRTM

    2 жыл бұрын

    Actually they could reproduced they used their DNA and spliced it with primates for the sole purpose of creating a work force (slaves) to work, the mines and tend to their crops etc.

  • @grannysvids
    @grannysvids9 жыл бұрын

    I love gold! Gold is going to be worth a lot more in the near future, once the fiat money we all use is deemed useless! Get as much gold and silver as you can, you're going to need it.

  • @mitchiemasha

    @mitchiemasha

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Telecastvids Water and energy itself... Gold and silver will be worthless too. Only the crazed that crave it and you'd want to stay away from them.

  • @natjam13

    @natjam13

    9 жыл бұрын

    +mitchiemasha you're gonna need gold to buy water and energy...don't try to be smarter than you really are

  • @mitchiemasha

    @mitchiemasha

    9 жыл бұрын

    natjam13 Those with out energy and water yes. Those with out skills. Your gold won't be welcome in many places by people not crazed by the want of it. Time will tell. A solar bank will far out way a gold brick in worth.

  • @VoluntaristSociety

    @VoluntaristSociety

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Telecastvids This is pure statist brainwashing.. "Because it's rare, and pretty. The end." REALLY? THE END? You forgot to mention the REASON WHY GOLD IS SOL VALUABLE: It can not be reproduced by thieves, and it will never corrode or lose value! This is what makes gold VALUABLE AS AN INVESTMENT and this is where MOST GOLD by far is, stored as investment. This video is blatant propaganda to point away from the FED inflating the hell out of the dollar.. Brainwash people that sound money and economic policy is nothing more than "pretty" is very stupid. The technological abilities of gold were not even mentioned. It's excellent conductivity, etc.. It's extremely valuable in industry. You like your cellphone? Fuel injected car? THANK GOLD. Fuck this god damn channel. How does this have so many likes? I don't understand.

  • @Rudenbehr

    @Rudenbehr

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Voluntarist Gold has been reproduced many times by thieves. The fact that fools gold is even a thing on Saint Patrick's day refutes your claim. I really believe though that currency is heading towards digitalization. Of course large might transfer gold in and out of accounts and what not, but the dollar will largely disappear after technology gets convient enough. Imagine walking up to a bar, pulling out your Apple watch or phone and you hold it to a device that scans it, similiar to the way we use credit cars.

  • @ensbeea.noying1127
    @ensbeea.noying11279 жыл бұрын

    +Dnews Maybe you should make a video explaining why we moved away from Gold backed currency.?

  • @kennethj1956
    @kennethj19569 жыл бұрын

    If I found an old dilapidated wrecked stagecoach deep in the California Sierra woods, along with some old horse bones and a rusty strongbox with some coins from the 1800's; (some of them gold) can I keep it? (I'm asking for a friend)

  • @TheMrMeff
    @TheMrMeff9 жыл бұрын

    No Goldfinger comments really KZread. You can do better.

  • @Xainfinen
    @Xainfinen9 жыл бұрын

    So... Julia really like gold huh?

  • @krisraps
    @krisraps8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video

  • @nini-ov3ps
    @nini-ov3ps4 жыл бұрын

    3:23 my most prized possessions are my *Tombow 56185 Dual Brush Pen Art Markers, Bright, 10-Pack. Blendable, Brush and Fine Tip Markers Tropical* and of course my Shrimp Sister

  • @Gtamaster34
    @Gtamaster349 жыл бұрын

    Why does gold get more attention than platinum? (platinum is more valuable right?)

  • @Vamcani

    @Vamcani

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Geometry Dash Krayzz It usually is but the value has dropped quite drastically multiple times. The attention around Gold probably just comes from the fact that it has been used for currency and such.

  • @natjam13

    @natjam13

    9 жыл бұрын

    45 times more rare than gold

  • @VoluntaristSociety

    @VoluntaristSociety

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Geometry Dash Krayzz Price = supply and demand. If supply is 100 and demand is 1,000 (ie platinum) you would have a relatively higher price, while if supply is 10,000 and demand is 15,000, (IE gold) you would have a lower price, even though there is more gold being bought and sold.

  • @minbroder44

    @minbroder44

    7 жыл бұрын

    natjam13 U must be stupid. Gold And Platnium is the same price 2017 lmao... in 2006 when gold was like 600 dollars an ounce thats when platnium was more expensive.

  • @scottfree6479

    @scottfree6479

    6 жыл бұрын

    Gold is currently still more valuable than platinum

  • @yojgee
    @yojgee9 жыл бұрын

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIA! :)

  • @maddysutherland2112
    @maddysutherland21129 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are always GREAT for trolling my boyfriend (who is completing his PHD in catalytic chemistry), he HATES them- especially when you talk about space.

  • @michaelvickers89
    @michaelvickers899 жыл бұрын

    I agree its beautiful 😍

  • @richard1113
    @richard11139 жыл бұрын

    "Because it's rare and pretty. The end." Agreed. I have always been a bigger fan of silver but gold has been growing on me.

  • @piglin469

    @piglin469

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gold is not rear

  • @MargaritaMagdalena

    @MargaritaMagdalena

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gold is serious stuff for adults. Children and adolescents never like it. You're probably starting to appreciate it because you're growing up.

  • @piglin469

    @piglin469

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MargaritaMagdalena I mean its the best thing to conduct elictricity great for wires

  • @MargaritaMagdalena

    @MargaritaMagdalena

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@piglin469 Gold was considered precious long before we used electricity. Conductivity is not the only property that makes a material useful, nor a particularly important one. We love gold because it's rare and beautiful. That's the only real reason.

  • @piglin469

    @piglin469

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MargaritaMagdalena OK

  • @alifiac7021
    @alifiac70219 жыл бұрын

    I like silver more than gold:)

  • @chopperslade1041
    @chopperslade10418 жыл бұрын

    How and how I Boeing biting this to us like I understand what it meant to say "x has brought to by y" but Boeing in involved in travel like planes and space so I don't see the connections

  • @Upsilon_Shin
    @Upsilon_Shin4 жыл бұрын

    She sounds like trying to argue while trying not to cry

  • @vectoromega7517
    @vectoromega75179 жыл бұрын

    Gold looks 100x better than silver (which looks like tin or pewter lol) or platinum (the gaudy silver). Gold over those metals any day.

  • @MargaritaMagdalena

    @MargaritaMagdalena

    3 жыл бұрын

    Platinum and even its name is cold and depressing asf. I wouldn't wear it around my neck if I was paid for it.

  • @calibribody6776
    @calibribody67768 жыл бұрын

    Gold's chemical symbol is AU. Australia is the best done!!!!

  • @alexp33

    @alexp33

    8 жыл бұрын

    Crikey

  • @xavierimperial5965

    @xavierimperial5965

    7 жыл бұрын

    only aboriginal Australians

  • @zachwaddill7801
    @zachwaddill78016 жыл бұрын

    Gold currency gave insentive to mine iron; they are found together. A surplus of iron is valuable for arming armies, beyond that scope there was no insentive to mine any more than a plow horns' worth.

  • @penitent2401
    @penitent24018 жыл бұрын

    1:40 - I dropped some magnesium strips in water... it got wet... you meant sodium or lithium or potassium? Those are Alkali metals, Alkaline metals like Magnesium don't react violently with water

  • @lilBIGGhomie1017
    @lilBIGGhomie1017 Жыл бұрын

    If the world were in an Apocalyptic situation and one group had all life substaning supplies and another group had ALL the Gold, silver, Platinum, Diamonds etc. Which Group would be the best one to be a part of???

  • @seventhuniverse8168
    @seventhuniverse81689 жыл бұрын

    just softly tame and herd a few gold rich asteroids back to earth and gold value will plummet.

  • @SuviTuuliAllan

    @SuviTuuliAllan

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Seventh Universe Or how about we all just mine some cryptocurrencies instead? (why did I say this 5 years ago? what point was I trying to make?)

  • @seventhuniverse8168

    @seventhuniverse8168

    9 жыл бұрын

    well hello there, I love Finland and you are cute, can we hook up?

  • @SuviTuuliAllan

    @SuviTuuliAllan

    9 жыл бұрын

    nope

  • @seventhuniverse8168

    @seventhuniverse8168

    9 жыл бұрын

    Suvi-Tuuli Allan how about my lesbian sister she is interested

  • @SuviTuuliAllan

    @SuviTuuliAllan

    9 жыл бұрын

    Thanks but I have what I need methinks

  • @jonyq04
    @jonyq047 жыл бұрын

    Gold comes from the death of a star, supernova.

  • @jonathanjollimore7156
    @jonathanjollimore71562 жыл бұрын

    It crazy cool metal and there reason it super valuable it NEVER rusts tarnish or corrode. You could leave a chuck gold sitting in the rain for billion year still going to be just as shiny a billion later. It use in electronics and other industrial applications. Its just useful stuff and more them just pretty to look at.

  • @falltxn7412
    @falltxn74129 жыл бұрын

    you are rare and pretty julia

  • @Bounsingonbongos1
    @Bounsingonbongos19 жыл бұрын

    Imagine aliens that don't have the same concept of rarity=value coming to earth, they would think we were so primitive.

  • @Lcavila94

    @Lcavila94

    9 жыл бұрын

    or they value another metal like copper and start stealing our wiring and pennies (even though they contain very little copper)

  • @rachelle2227

    @rachelle2227

    9 жыл бұрын

    I don't see how that would be possible. I think supply in demand isn't only a human thing, but would be a thing for any sentient alien. So long as another species is smart enough to build things and own things that aren't directly related to their basic needs, supply and demand would come into play, because everything is finite. This could be slightly different if an alien race could manufacture gold or any other material from any other base material (like water), but that may not even be possible, and definitely super advanced if it is.

  • @frozeneternity93

    @frozeneternity93

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Bounsingonbongos1 This reminded me of a random conspiracy theory were some people believe modern humans were created by aliens that influenced the DNA of primitive man. Apparently they needed us to mine gold which had some sort of anti-ageing properties for them... ..... now that would make it rare and valuable.

  • @Lcavila94

    @Lcavila94

    9 жыл бұрын

    FrozenEternity​ alien1:we need workers but the AI craps out when mining Alien2: why dont we make other creatures do our work? Alien1: like what? Alien2: those hairy four limbed things look like a good start. Alien1: you are a genius! 

  • @otaku-jl5pt

    @otaku-jl5pt

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Bounsingonbongos1 you know I'm pretty sure that they would look at us like we look at birds. Some birds like to decorate their nest with various things, create dances or some other display which is fascinating to see. In the same way the aliens might just consider that using something shiny like gold is a part of our mating rituals rather than primitive in the same way that we see a bird find certain pebbles or debris as part of their aesthetics. I'm sure aliens got their own mating rituals don't you think maybe with tentacles?

  • @BrodyYYC
    @BrodyYYC4 жыл бұрын

    mining under volcanoes in New Zealand is a great idea! I mean what could go wrong?

  • @Smokasaurus
    @Smokasaurus Жыл бұрын

    1:03 Pfffft. No big deal. Don’t worry about that part.

  • @underwaterfishvideos9
    @underwaterfishvideos97 жыл бұрын

    this reporter deserves it rough

  • @pewdiepiep1444

    @pewdiepiep1444

    7 жыл бұрын

    ?

  • @sergeroldofhousehightower3766

    @sergeroldofhousehightower3766

    6 жыл бұрын

    Are you some sort of bloody lunatic?

  • @megagene
    @megagene9 жыл бұрын

    Never been a fan of gold. Silver and platinum are where it's at. Way more classy looking. Gold looks too gaudy.

  • @megagene

    @megagene

    9 жыл бұрын

    joecugo That's because I'm made of stupid gold.

  • @RedStefan

    @RedStefan

    9 жыл бұрын

    what about white gold?

  • @megagene

    @megagene

    9 жыл бұрын

    RedStefan That's fine. Basically looks the same as platinum/silver.

  • @HassanSelim0

    @HassanSelim0

    9 жыл бұрын

    +RedStefan Isn't White Gold just the commercial name for Platinum?

  • @RedStefan

    @RedStefan

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Hassan Selim maybe it is used to name platinum, what I know is that white gold is a mixture of gold and some other metals(not always the same metals) to make the gold luke whiter, still nit as white as platinum or silver. There a mixture called rose gold and yeah it has gold in it too. Just google it, yellow gold is what mostly reffer to gold that is a mixture as well mostly with copper. Gold it's too soft to be used on it's own that's why we have other mixture. Unlike the jewelry made from platinum, silver or other metals.

  • @jackielaroga5408
    @jackielaroga54083 жыл бұрын

    Gold is valuable because of its metaphysical properties. Gold can help develop a person's abilities. How it was used also for wireless electricity distribution in early civilizations. Precious metals like silver and copper are used for disinfection and cure of bacterial diseases. These metals are not rare.. people are not stupid enough just to value something pretty. These earth elements can do more to humans aside from aesthetics purposes. And rich people knows the real use of gold that's why they invest and save gold. Thus, a real currency.

  • @MargaritaMagdalena

    @MargaritaMagdalena

    3 жыл бұрын

    Admiring the beauty of something is not stupid. It's the highest mental state that one can achieve. Only wanting to use the world around you for your benefit is for primitives.

  • @martyslackjaw
    @martyslackjaw8 жыл бұрын

    Gold was used in ancient Egypt as currency around 500 BCE. BCE: Before Cash Existed

  • @theadmiralyt1574

    @theadmiralyt1574

    5 жыл бұрын

    Underated comment

  • @Kevin_R932
    @Kevin_R9329 жыл бұрын

    Water is more valuable

  • @natjam13

    @natjam13

    9 жыл бұрын

    You will need gold to buy water

  • @hendrikvanger7730

    @hendrikvanger7730

    6 жыл бұрын

    No; most of this planet is made of water, so water is veeeeeery cheap. Water is more necessary; that's another thing.

  • @justinsandolph4861

    @justinsandolph4861

    6 жыл бұрын

    natjam13 not if you have stocks of it you don't

  • @manasxrma3699
    @manasxrma36999 жыл бұрын

    I guess it has something to do with aliens.

  • @wolfwolfdog137
    @wolfwolfdog1378 жыл бұрын

    Gold is old. You want to bling, brighter is tighter.

  • @VespaDK
    @VespaDK9 жыл бұрын

    Use the metric system please

  • @well.thy.one.
    @well.thy.one.6 жыл бұрын

    Not sure about the meteorite and space claims but she sure has some unique properties

  • @alexleyendaa909
    @alexleyendaa9099 жыл бұрын

    hmmm sorry for the disappointment, but magnesium in water does nothing, perhaps you should have tried it before saying that! It is actually the alcali metals from the first row of the periodic table that reacts with water and explode, magnesium in is the second row. It will just deteriorate just like Iron produces rust in water. - A chemist

  • @listofromantics
    @listofromantics9 жыл бұрын

    Mining active volcanoes? That's some super villain shit right there.

  • @noisynerdman
    @noisynerdman9 жыл бұрын

    I've watched so much DNews I have seen the videos that the videos link to.

  • @Lizard280Gaming
    @Lizard280Gaming9 жыл бұрын

    "Brought to you by BOEING" People get annoyed by advertisements in videos, but I use them as a success 'o' meter. Being sponsored by Boeing is pretty damn impressive :D

  • @SuviTuuliAllan

    @SuviTuuliAllan

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Lizard280Gaming I would pay them in Bitcoin if it meant that they no longer had ads. They could get on Alexandria maybe... blocktech.com

  • @phrenzy1
    @phrenzy18 жыл бұрын

    Actually the first coins were Lydian from roughly 550bce.

  • @RedStefan
    @RedStefan9 жыл бұрын

    Gold is pretty awesome metal, but I like more white gold it has a more silver/platinum look. There are many other mixtures of gold, that canmake apear in range of colors.

  • @dave1149
    @dave11495 жыл бұрын

    My most precious ' item' is my parrot Gilbert, 😂

  • @AlexandraZe
    @AlexandraZe5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, gold is pretty, but it's not as rare as they make us believe it is. Have you entered a small jewelery store in your hometown? We have at least 20 of these stores here in my town, and the amount of gold in each is huge. I remember a lady bringing an armfull of necklaces of all different sizes, and that was just one small part of what they have. I can't even imagine what they have in a big store in Dubai, for example. There are many conspiracy theories outthere around gold, and some of them are pretty good.

  • @donsilverson9927

    @donsilverson9927

    Жыл бұрын

    Doesn’t mean there’s a lot of actual gold in the jewelry.

  • @jifford8516

    @jifford8516

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@donsilverson9927but the lady brought out an armful so it must be plentiful.😂

  • @joejohnson6928
    @joejohnson69287 жыл бұрын

    Aliens luminati confirmed

  • @kushyak6667

    @kushyak6667

    7 жыл бұрын

    thats a bold claim, and wait until the truth seeps out. you will see, as I have that the world is a lot more different and weird than you assume. aliens may infact be real... dont doubt what you dont know. and dont doubt what thousands of years of human existence and experience has to say. the ancient people were not dumb and they its hard to discard and rewrite all of human existence and say they were wrong, because even science today is showing many outdated beliefs and "facts" to be true and factual

  • @dyllanmudrik51
    @dyllanmudrik517 жыл бұрын

    I love her ♡

  • @musiclist2941
    @musiclist29418 жыл бұрын

    How many bottle caps can I get with an ounce of gold?

  • @shadyflames4158

    @shadyflames4158

    7 жыл бұрын

    I believe game theory explained it.

  • @taluacorky4440
    @taluacorky44406 жыл бұрын

    i went to ballarat and panded a little piece of gold i was super hapy :)

  • @MyRandomCommentsXD
    @MyRandomCommentsXD6 жыл бұрын

    2:01 those are pennies in the RMB, valued at ¥0.01. Pretty sure they are not silver.

  • @dant3945
    @dant39456 жыл бұрын

    My most precious thing is my phone

  • @BIGTUNES2010
    @BIGTUNES20105 жыл бұрын

    Now do "What makes paper so valuable" ...

  • @MargaritaMagdalena

    @MargaritaMagdalena

    3 жыл бұрын

    Paper is not valuable, it's useful. Nobody pays for paper just to have it like for gold.

  • @283518
    @283518 Жыл бұрын

    arent all rocks...space rocks?

  • @doktaahwho8858
    @doktaahwho88585 жыл бұрын

    Most precious item ~ the can opener!

  • @danielc5647
    @danielc56479 жыл бұрын

    mmm i saw a video about things that nobody wants you to know and then mentioned that there is so much gold on our planet as coal and that most caves and sources of gold were purchased, so they could raise and lower its price.

  • @robertg2046
    @robertg20469 жыл бұрын

    gold also conducts electricity the best, that is why there are gold plated connectors. then comes silver, aluminum and 4th is copper. copper is used as wires because it is durable and cost effective.

  • @magicgamegx
    @magicgamegx9 жыл бұрын

    That tldr though.

  • @bjarke7886
    @bjarke78869 жыл бұрын

    So you are saying that there is only gold to fill my room vel lets try that out :D

  • @ericgregson9088
    @ericgregson90889 жыл бұрын

    Its simply because if you make a "time capsule" out of it that it will remain the same throughout time

  • @meatloaf2372
    @meatloaf23727 жыл бұрын

    at 50, she winked

  • @alexvizcaino1888
    @alexvizcaino18883 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @Fruitarian.
    @Fruitarian.9 жыл бұрын

    my fb, twitter, & insta account are my precioussss

  • @intothecalm420
    @intothecalm4209 жыл бұрын

    You forgot to mention that ALL US currency is mandated to be gold or silver under Article 1, section 10 of the US Constitution which reads: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

  • @gimmethepinkelephant3685
    @gimmethepinkelephant3685 Жыл бұрын

    Value is in the eye of the beholder.

  • @lechristine1372
    @lechristine13723 жыл бұрын

    Make a gold statue ? 😂😂😂 poor Athena Statue dissappeared

  • @MrSensitiveNipples
    @MrSensitiveNipples9 жыл бұрын

    Isn't it also very conductive?

  • @olliloco
    @olliloco9 жыл бұрын

    No DISCOVERY.. You forgot to tell how a dying star, going supernova has about 2min to form gold, before blasting it all over the place! That's why making gold in a lab, with the density of natural gold, isn't possible.. Now bring it guys! :-))

  • @ricardoalexisnolazcocontre9110
    @ricardoalexisnolazcocontre91109 жыл бұрын

    "Precious" 😂

  • @Raventommm
    @Raventommm8 жыл бұрын

    The problem this days is that everyone is using a bank system that is going to fail.. because the money we have is just on paper and is most of the time also just a number on a computer... You dont have any phisycal thing to hold a number in youre hand... With metals you do... You can hold them and use them for a bunch of things... If the bank system would fail then people cant get the money cash out of an machine... because there are more numbers then there are paper things or coins... they are always putting more numbers in the system but you dont have anything to back it up... thats why china, russia and india are buying tons of Gold.

  • @10K2HVN
    @10K2HVN9 жыл бұрын

    Surprised this didn't turn into complete nonsense. I'm actually glad she touched on the complexities of the market to refine natural choices to ultimately find the best one for the time and conditions. Should also look into 'subjective value theory', and the difference between "money" and "currency". Ultimately, it doesn't matter what currency is used as long as it's reliable as a unit/measurement/storage of value. Basic econ will show you 'supply vs demand', the more the supply/abundance the less valuable it is; the less valuable currency gets, the less reliable it gets.

  • @joseluisnewyork
    @joseluisnewyork8 жыл бұрын

    Annunakis needs the gold, exists big amounts of gold on Earth, they based our economy to that mineral so we still working to harvest the gold and they just need to come, take it and make us believe that there is only a very few amount of that on Earth to make them valuable for its "scarcity".

  • @Zero_8347
    @Zero_83475 жыл бұрын

    i really only wanted to know how it's used in technology.

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