What Makes Gold So Valuable?
Gold is seen as a valuable metal world wide. Where did this idea originate and how much is it worth today? How Do You Know If Your Money Is Fake?
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There are over one hundred elements on the periodic table and one of them stands out out of all. It's used in electronics, architecture, jewelry, but what is it about gold that makes it so precious? [INTRO MUSIC] On Monday, August 24, 2015, the DOW Jones Industrial Average plummeted nearly 1,100 points - the biggest decline on record in a single trading day. Nearly every time something like this happens, there's someone coming out of the woodwork saying that gold is a better investment. But gold is really just a pretty rock. How did it become so valuable? Most of the gold on earth comes from meteorites that smacked down onto the surface two hundred million years after the earth formed, and humans have been fascinated with it for millennia. I mean gold has been used as currency throughout advan...
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There are over one hundred elements on the periodic table and one of them stands out out of all. It's used in electronics, architecture, jewelry, but what is it about gold that makes it so precious? [INTRO MUSIC] On Monday, August 24, 2015, the DOW Jones Industrial Average plummeted nearly 1,100 points - the biggest decline on record in a single trading day. Nearly every time something like this happens, there's someone coming out of the woodwork saying that gold is a better investment. But gold is really just a pretty rock. How did it become so valuable? Most of the gold on earth comes from meteorites that smacked down onto the surface two hundred million years after the earth formed, and humans have been fascinated with it for millennia. I mean gold has been used as currency throughout advan...
