Gold
Gold noun - Coins made of gold.
Precious metal and gold are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Precious metal" instead the word "Gold" as a noun or an adjective.
Nearby Words: golden, goldish, Goldie
Precious metal
Precious metal noun - Any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry.
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Gold and precious metal are semantically related. You can use "Gold" instead an adjective phrase "Precious metal".
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- The lower-tech outer planets favor precious metal coinage (silver, gold, and platinum) over Alliance credits, which are primarily electronic currency and therefore both easier to trace and reliant on your banking tech not going on the fritz.
Source: GoldSilverCopper Standard - Maybe not full gold, but some lower value precious metal, made shinier as the show went on.
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A common Karmic Twist Ending is for Earthly characters to encounter a world or dimension where something like gold is so plentiful that it has little value, or where something common on earth, like aluminium or copper, takes the place of gold or platinum as the ultimately rare precious metal.
Source: Worthless Yellow Rocks
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