There are several metals more valuable than gold. Platinum is one.
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because it is more rare and silver is more heavy there for less portable | | Have to partially disagree with the above statement. Gold is more rare than silver while it is still in the ground. There is actually more processed gold in the world than silver. Silver is not heavier than gold. It is heavier in 'value' than gold and therefor not as portable. So why is gold more valuable than silver? Short answer - because people made it more valuable. Apparently, they like gold better. | | Gold also has more valuable industrial uses then silver for example: gold is more resistant to corrosion. Gold is also a good conductor of electricity, particularly because it resists corrosion i.e. silver actually conducts better then silver until it begins to corrode (charging metal tends to speed up corrosion). So it's not just that we 'like' gold more, there are practical reasons why gold is more valuable.
Twenty-four karat indicates pure gold; 18 karat gold is mixed with another metal and is thus, less valuable.
It was a long time ago in africa because it was used to preserve food, make it more tasty, and it replaced salt lost when they sweat. Salt being more valuable is an opinion though, but for west africans, salt seemed more valuable
in ancient Ghana salt was more valuable. gold was everywhere whereas salt was rare. also salt was more valuable because salt helps you retain water which ment they could travel longer without water, increasing trade across the Sahara desert. also salt helped preserve food, making it worth more than gold
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Gold and salt. First, the gold worth very much as you know. The salt is valuable as the gold because foods contain salt and it's preserving the food. Salt was rare at the ancient Ghana so they could use it as the trade item. I heard this from my social studies teacher, Mr. MacGr**o*
gold and salt .
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It is more valuable than gold because there is a few amount of gold and more dirt. So it is easy to find dirt than it is to find gold. That is why gold is more valuable than dirt.
Salt and gold.
salt, or gold 8)
salt or gold