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gold, the shining kind

黄金 ／ gold-poetic　—　Measuring

Gold, especially where what is meant is its shine or its wealth.

Rijksdaalder Rijksdaalder17th century
A photograph of what this word names.

As in "the golden age," it is used to refer to what the metal symbolizes rather than the metal itself.