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Being useful, and being scarce. Natural gas, oil, coal, and uranium are all very useful, and considered valuable. Being scarce also makes an item valuable. Silver and platinum look much alike, but platinum is more rare than silver, and much more valuable.
However, diamonds - one of the most valuable items in the world - have very little uses and are as scarce as dirt. Also, back in the 1600s, the tulip was HUGE in The Netherlands. I repeat - the TULIP was HUGE in The Netherlands. The prices of a single bulb raised to around 10 times the annual salary of a skilled craftsman. That is 10 years salary for a single flower. The truth is - the reason things gain value is demand. That's how much people are interested in getting something. It doesn't have to be scarce, it doesn't have to be awesome (i.e. pet rocks & TULIPS), the fact is people are interested in getting it - thus it has a value.
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What makes a wheat back penny valuable?
Its maid of real copper
What makes a penny valuable?
Generally, coins are valuable because of the price of the metals they are made from, but if you mean in a collectible way: One thing that makes a penny valuable is the date. They older the coin usually the more valuable. Another thing is the mintmark. For example 1943 pennies with a "S" mintmark are more valuable than pennies with no mintmark. Another thing is the condition of the coin. The less ware it has the more it's worth.
What makes the US money valuable?
im not sure what gives our money value. Do you?
What makes paper money valuable?
it is the US currency and is signed by the Treasurer and Secretary of Treasury in Washington D. C.
What is intensification?
the action that makes something stronger or extreme
What makes resources valuable?
Resources are valuable because they are imported from different countries and they are sometimes hard to import or export, like oil and gas. There high for reasons.
Difference between valuable and invaluable?
The difference between something being valuable and being not valuable is that valuable things are worth something. Not valuable things are not worth anything or are of little value.
What means centralized treasury?
concerntration or control of something valuable or a valuable position in something
What are examples of similes for something valuable?
As valuable as children, as valuable as life, as valuable as light, as valuable as water, as valuable as money, as valuable as diamonds
What is the misprint on the penny that makes iut so valuable?
On the 1969 S penny a doubling of the print makes it very valuable ($35 000)
Is valuable another word for helpful?
No because valuable is something special , and helpful is something that can help you to make something easier . ( example - helpful can be a dictionary and valuable can be some jewelry that your great great grandma would wear )
What is the different between invaluable and valuable?
Something that is valuable is worth a lot of money. Something that is invaluable is something with a non-monetary value, such as the love of one's family.
Give 10 reasons why gold is valuable?
It's scarcity is the only thing that makes it valuable.
What element makes diamonds valuable?
It isn't the element (carbon) that makes a diamond valuable: it's the availability of the diamond allotrope of carbon, and its limited occurrence on earth.
What is special about the reactivity of gold that makes it so valuable?
There's nothing special about it. Gold is more or less nonreactive, but that's not a special property. What makes it valuable is its rarity, not its nonreactivity. Mercury is similarly nonreactive, but not nearly as valuable.
What is a nonvaluable?
Something that is very valuable and is expensive.
What can be something valuable that starts with qu?
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