Good point. Maybe just the consensus around it and its history make it more valuable than its copies. However, almost the same applies to gold, as there are o

Good point. Maybe just the consensus around it and its history make it more valuable than its copies. However, almost the same applies to gold, as there are other scarce metals that could become an alternative to it. If that happens, those will also be worth more than just their industrial value (which is now the case I believe).