Gold has long been used as a form of currency, with people using gold coins as far back as 6000 years ago. While gold is no longer used to directly make money, it is still used to make bullion coins and an estimated 10% of the world's gold is used in coinage or stored by governments. Additionally, gold has been used for thousands of years to make ornamental objects and jewelry due to its attractive properties like being rare, malleable, and able to be worked into beautiful designs. Jewelry made from gold also holds tradition and importance as important objects are expected to be crafted from gold.

1. USES OF GOLD
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2. Uses of gold in money/finance
After jewellery, the most common use for gold is in coinage. Due to its
rarity, gold has long been used as a form of currency and people were using
gold coins as far back as 6000 years ago. Many of the world’s currencies
were fixed to a gold standard. Whilst we don’t use gold to make money
anymore, it is still used in to make bullion coins, and it is estimated that
around 10% of the world’s gold is used in coinage or in the financial stores
of government.

3. USES OF GOLD IN JEWELLERY
Gold has been used to make ornamental objects
and jewellery for thousands of years.
These are all properties of an attractive metal
that is easily worked into beautiful objects.
Another extremely important factor that
demands the use of gold as a jewellery is a
tradition. Important objects are expected to be
made from gold.