First of all, paperclips are too common to use as money. Second, they can be made to easily, or, if we talk like they are money, "counterfeited". So, people would not have to earn them, they could just make them.
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Ive seen paper clips at about 1.20 - 4.00 dollars... Im buying them at target because me and 45 of my friends are going to attemp to break the world record for biggest paper clip chain, where going to need about 10,000 dollars (we need to buy 1million paper clips :D)
cost to manufacture (such as cars) or cost to harvest (such as grain, food) cost to package, store, and ship to stores cost to market item (and/or company selling item) shelf life of item (for example: paper clips never "go bad" vs milk which can) brand vs. generic items (brand items are more due to research and company name) supply vs. demand - there are many, but here's an overview of the first few I could think of