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Gold or filled?

carscars Posts: 1,904
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I collect little bars like this but looks like the gold is flaking off these, Real or Pass?
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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My first thought is schmutz. Residue from something they were in or glued to. The image appears to be a scan rather than a photo, which might help to explain (dirty scanner, a 1 gram bar is tiny). Is it really profitable to make a fake 1 gram bar?
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  • secondrepublicsecondrepublic Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭
    What brand is that?
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  • carscars Posts: 1,904


    << <i>My first thought is schmutz. Residue from something they were in or glued to. The image appears to be a scan rather than a photo, which might help to explain (dirty scanner, a 1 gram bar is tiny). Is it really profitable to make a fake 1 gram bar? >>



    They sell for $50/g so if you make a lot of them out of 5 cents worth of copper seems it would be worthwhile and many people probably don't bother to check.
    Its all relative
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭


    << <i>What brand is that? >>



    Why, it's the "GOLD" brand, can't you see? They come in those little plastic containers in 25 cent gum machines!


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  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That would be a pass for me....
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  • MPLunaticMPLunatic Posts: 617 ✭✭
    PASS
  • carscars Posts: 1,904
    The way they have the GOLD on the bar is a copy of Pamp Suisse logo but I believe the refiner is the AF on the bottom although I'm not familiar. I think I'm going to pass on them unless they go super cheap.
    Its all relative
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