What is gold pressed latinum used for?

In Star Trek; Deep Space Nine, Gold Pressed Latinum is used as currency by many worlds, most notably the Ferengi Alliance. Latinum cannot be replicated and the reasons for its rarity are unknown. There are Five amounts of this Ferengi Currency. The denominations of Gold Pressed Latinum are shown.

How much is a brick of gold pressed latinum worth?

Originally Answered: How much is gold pressed latinum worth? Quora User covered the in-world value. A quick search on the web shows $15-30 for a prop bar.

Why is latinum so valuable in Star Trek?

Pure liquid latinum, which Quark estimated to be worth 100 bricks. As Star Trek would have it, life is so rosy in the future that folks don’t have any need for money. It’s generally referred to as gold-pressed latinum, because it comes inside gold ingots, in denominations of slips, strips, bars, and bricks.

How much is one bar of gold pressed latinum worth in US dollars?

In my mind I have it as one bar of gold pressed latinum equates to about 5 thousand dollars.

What is gold pressed Latinum Star Trek?

Edit. Latinum is a rare silver liquid used as currency by many worlds, most notably the Ferengi Alliance. Latinum cannot be replicated and the reasons for its rarity are unknown. Latinum is usually suspended within the element gold to produce the currency Gold Pressed Latinum (GPL) .

Why is gold worthless in Star Trek?

Gold is an excellent conductor. But it’s very rare on Earth. By the time of Star Trek, gold can be replicated and possibly found in larger amounts on other planets or inside asteroids. The amounts created would reduce gold’s value on the market to nothing.

How much is Quark’s Bar Worth?

Quark estimated this to be about 100 bricks’ worth. It is unlikely that Quark was simply clueless about latinum, as – like his regular universe counterpart – he owned a bar. The mirror Quark complained about the Alliance taxes, though, so the mirror Quark’s bar must have used Alliance currency instead of latinum.

Can you replicate Latinum?

In Star Trek, replicators can make almost anything. However, there are substances, such as Dilithium or Latinum, that cannot be replicated for whatever reason, usually the complexity of their molecular structure or the replication process isn’t efficient enough to warrant replicating them.

Is there money in the Star Trek universe?

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry set the series in a future where money is obsolete. …

Can latinum be replicated?

Can a replicator make gold pressed latinum?

If latinum is just a medium for molecular identifiers (possibly tied to unique subatomic properties of individual atoms) suspended in an extremely stable matrix, it makes sense that you can’t create latinum in a replicator.