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Whirlpool PUR Side by Side Refrigerator Push Button Cyst Reducing Water Filter …

Whirlpool KitchenAid Side By Side Refrigerator Quarter Turn Water Filter …

Cuisinart DCC-RWF1 Replacement Coffeemaker Water Filters, Set of 2 $3.50 Cuisinart DCC-RWF Coffee Water Filter Replacement…

The Ultimate Bee Gees (2 CD) $9.84 All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed….

El Camino $8.99 …

El Camino $8.89 BLACK KEYS THE EL CAMINO…

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $2.99 …

The Ultimate Matrix Collection [Blu-ray] $33.00 Ten-disc set includes “The Matrix,” “The Matrix Reloaded,” “The Matrix Revolutions,” the documentary “The Matrix Revisited,” and “The Animatrix,” plus five discs worth of all-new bonus materials. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, Portugue…

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $9.99 …

Woman in Black $1.99 …

What would gold be worth if it was only valued for its industrial uses?

If Gold had no psychological value, if it was just another ductile, highly conductive metal, useful for all sorts of things but not as a form of money, what would it be worth?

There is no way of knowing the answer to this question since in their nature, the precious metals have value, (all value is “psychological”, is subjective to the human mind) both for their industrial use as commodities and for their use as money.

Indeed, the use of gold as jewelry is in the category of its “industrial” use, as a commodity. But it is its use as this commodity that originally gives rise to its universal acceptability, which in turn gives rise to its use as money.

The distinguishing feature of money, as a commodity, or insofar as it arises from a commodity, is that the commodity is acquired not for the sake of its consumption, like other commodities like bread, but so as to give it away later on in an exchange in which the current buyer knows that it is most likely to be accepted. So instead of producing more oranges than I need and then trying to exchange the oranges for what I want, I exchange the surplus oranges for money, knowing that everyone will accept it.

The thing about gold and precious metals is that, even though one acquires it for purposes of later exchange, i.e. as money, one can wear it as jewelry and show of status in the meantime, and so its industrial and money values are intertwined and cannot be clearly distinguished.

Three-dimensional gold toad nose beads eyebrows antique Chinese baby $299.00

Pairs gold thread three-dimensional butterfly 19C baby hat $69.00

Black vase with gold trim $38.44

vtg ASIAN CHINESE GOLD BROCADE TAPESTRY FABRIC BIRDS FLOWERS CHEST 154″X27″ MINT $84.00

gold silver thread 19C Chinese embroidery robes sleeves $99.00

VINTAGE DIAMOND MAGNIFYING GLASSES FRAME SET IN 14K SOLID YELLOW GOLD-UNIQUE!! $699.99

VINTAGE DIAMOND MAGNIFYING GLASSES FRAME SET IN 14K SOLID YELLOW GOLD-UNIQUE!! $629.99

1pc Vintage gold C leaves tassel owl vs blue eyes pendants costume necklaces $5.89

many gold thread color butterfly 19C grandmother’s excellent embroidery $199.00

ANTIQUE 1780-1820 BLUE WHITE GOLD SCALLOPED RIM CHINESE EXPORT NANKING BOWL CUP $14.50

ANTIQUE 1780-1820 GOLD DECORATED BLUE WHITE CHINESE EXPORT NANKING BOWLS SET- 4 $65.00

gold fate double happniess character Guanyin antique Chinese compass tassels $199.00

2355g Jade Budda Tibet Matte GOLD Color Stone Mineral Jadeite LARGE 3″ Buddha $49.99

2354f Jade Budda Tibet Glossy GOLD Color Stone Jadeite LARGE 3″ Buddha Buddah $49.99

Rare Chinese enamel Gold-Plating FLower Vase $29.99

RARE CHINESE GOLD WARE CARVED FIGURE $1,500.00

RARE GOLD GILT CHINESE REPOUSSE CLOISONNE ENAMEL FLORAL BIRD SCHOLAR SNUFF BOX $350.00

Chinese old bronze sitting buddha gilt gold 721 $98.00

Large Koi fish Pot-florals on gold leaf take both for special price $350.00

Chinese Plate Hand Painted Gold 12.5″ in Diameter $59.00