Gold, Silver, Copper, will always have value, Gold especially. But as others have mentioned, alternative trade items will get you much further initially. In the immediate aftermath, no. You can't eat or drink gold, so it is functionally worthless.
Gold's value is ultimately a social construction: it is valuable because we all agree it has been and will be in the future. Still, gold's lustrous and metallic qualities, its relative scarcity, and the difficulty of extraction have only added to the perception of gold as a valuable commodity.
It is not the rarest metal, it is not the most useful, so why the worship of this yellow metal. Gold is not the rarest metal, but it's quite hard to find and extract in large quantities with pre-industrial technology.
Jewelry: The Primary Use of Gold. Gold has been used to make ornamental objects and jewelry for thousands of years. Gold nuggets found in a stream are very easy to work and were probably one of the first metals used by humans. Today, most of the gold that is newly mined or recycled is used in the manufacture of jewelry ...
The value of gold would plummet. This would be a huge problem for people who had invested in it. For big nations it wouldn't be a serious problem; their financial systems are already based firmly (or not-so-firmly, but still primarily) in fiat currency for all purposes.
Live Metal Spot Price (24hrs) May 06, 2021 at 23:46 EST
| Gold Spot Prices | Today | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Price Per Ounce | $ 1,827.15 | 36.09 |
| Gold Price Per Gram | $ 58.74 | 1.16 |
| Gold Price Per Kilo | $ 58,744.24 | 1,160.32 |
Gold prices closed at the highest level of Rs. 57,008 per 10 gram on August 7, 2020, in the Delhi bullion market and since then, the price of the yellow metal has fallen by ₹11,409 till Friday 26, 2021. Silver was at ₹77,840 per kg on August 7, 2020, which has gone down by ₹10,421 to ₹67,419 on Friday.
In the next 10 years, the gold price is expected to decrease to $1,400/oz by 2030. In 2020, the high level of uncertainty observed in the global economy due to the outbreak of Coronavirus fueled demand for the yellow metal.
It is expected that gold may not witness a huge rally or decline by Diwali. You can expect the price range of the yellow metal to move between Rs 50,000-Rs 52,000 per 10 gram range. On August 7, 2020, gold prices saw its record peak by surging to Rs 56,254 per 10 grams.
Some industry experts are predicting that gold could be worth anywhere from $3,000–$5,000 per ounce in the next 5–10 years! For those who think gold prices will increase, they cite that people are now recognizing the value of gold, which will increase the demand, therefore increasing the value.
The below-ground stock of gold reserves is currently estimated to be around 50,000 tonnes, according to the US Geological Survey. To put that in perspective, around 190,000 tonnes of gold has been mined in total, although estimates do vary. Based on these rough figures, there is about 20% still to be mined.
While silver is mined at eight times the rate of gold, remember: Gold is currently over 70 times more valuable than silver on an ounce-for-ounce basis, so the overall silver market is worth just a fraction of the gold market.
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