Brilliant !
It is a ceremonial Mace.
A ceremonial mace is a highly ornamented staff of metal or wood, carried before a
sovereign or other high official in civic ceremonies by a mace-bearer, intended to
represent the official's authority. The mace, as used today, derives from the original mace
used as a fighting weapon.
Supply and Demand determines VALUE.
Agreed.
Gold itself generates no income and its value is volatile and manipulated.
You have to convert it to have something
that is of use in everyday life.
In comparison, a wise brain can generate a plentiful income and a brain is much easier to
carry around than a gold ingot.