What, pound for pound, is worth more than gold?

Answer 1

Interesting question, in the way I perceive it. This question is in economics, so you are talking about instrinsic value- monetarily.

You're not talking about rarity, you're talking about economic value. For instance a pound of oil is not worth as much as a pound of gold.

I know you're not talking about wives or all that jazz, endangered wombats etc

That one dollar bill is an interesting point. I don't know that a pount of 1 dollar bills would do it. But what about a pound of hundreds. BUT that is not intrinsic value to one line of thought. I mean you can use gold almost anywhere as currency

Obviously- a pound of diamonds....

There are a lot of things- a pound of drugs- like coke

What about a banknote with 10 million dollars written on it. But then again it may not be what your question is looking for.

The thing about gold is that its market value has never dipped much if at all and it is therefore the most precious commodity of all time- that is in economic terms rather than pound for pound

I mean whats safer than burying gold blocks. Money can burn, people can rob banks or steal your money on the internet. Investments go wrong, houses burn down. I spose diamonds are a competitor in this regard

Good question

Answer 2

Saffron. True saffron is the sepals of a crocus flower and have to be very carefully harvested by hand. It is said that Marco Polo paid from his trip using bricks of saffron as it was then an international commodity. It is still worth pound for pound several times the cost of gold. It takes 75,000 flowers to make a 1 pound brick of dried saffron which is worth on average $US 5,500.00.

Answer 3

My Wife, My Daughter, My Son's And Myself.
If Happiness Could Be Weight In Pounds Then That Too!

Answer 4

In 1862, SALT was worth more than gold. Salt was used for more than just a condiment back then and was in such high demand that it was worth more than gold.

I know from school cooking lessons that saffron is worth more than gold pound for pound.

Platinum is worth more than gold because of its rarity.

Answer 5

Polonium 210

Answer 6

Rare Truffles

Answer 7

LOTS of things, you could make a list a mile long...

Lots of prescription drugs ... any illegal drug ... a microprocessor from Intel or AMD. Other precious metals -- palladium, platinum, uranium, plutonium. Lots of pieces of paper: a stock certificate for Berkshire Hathaway for example, or a patent for a worthwhile technology. Diamonds and gems. A valuable collectible coin -- or stamp, or trading card. A photo of your congressman having sex with a page...

Answer 8

Here's something interest I found when I was surfing around -

Hazera Genetics laboratory in central Israel has created hybrid cherry tomatoes, named Summer Sun .
One kilogram of Summer Sun seeds developed by the company, which specialises in breeding and marketing non-GMO hybrid varieties of vegetable and field crops, was sold to growers in Europe for 350,000 USD or about 268,800 Euros, more than SIXTEEN TIMES the price of gold.
The warm-yellow colored fruit, with high concentrations of sugar which makes for a unique honey sweet taste, retails in Europe for about 23.50 USD, or about 18 Euros a kilogram.
The seeds are tinted blue, the company's trademark color.

Answer 9

Methamphetamine.

Moon Rocks.

A Virgin in America.

Answer 10

Love