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Pamp Suisse 1 ounce gold bar question

PatchesPatches Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭
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Hi all, looking for some help here. I purchased this bar off eBay with Bing cash back:

eBay auction

I received the bar today, and there is a slit that looks just big enough to fit a bar in and out of the assay card. If I tried to slip it out though, I think I would put stress on the plastic (so maybe just a hair small). I'm worried about the bar being slipped out for a copy bar. I weighed it on a postage scale...it weighs somewhere between 36 and 37 grams (no tenths on the scale).

The question I am trying to find out is...what should these bars weigh inside their assay card?

The seller I purchased from has many feedback of selling these bar, and a 100% rating. I'm trying to get some information here before I bother them. I couldn't dig anything up on Google. If it's the correct weight, I'm keeping it so do not care about the crack in card.

Thanks!
-Steve

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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • PatchesPatches Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭
    Beauty! Thanks for the quick reply. Gold weight is hard to counterfeit, I think...so considering the gram scale kept flipping between 36 and 37 for me...I have confidence the bar is real now.
  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    What is printed on the left of the assay card?

    It looks like ruler markings, but there are no numbers.

    I have seen ruler markings for convinience on various things before.

    But it seems insane to put them on an assay card. One does not measure length with Gold Bullion.

    I guess it is just part of the artwork.
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What is printed on the left of the assay card?

    It looks like ruler markings, but there are no numbers.

    I have seen ruler markings for convinience on various things before.

    But it seems insane to put them on an assay card. One does not measure length with Gold Bullion.

    I guess it is just part of the artwork. >>



    Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's just a graphic element. Kind of imparts the feeling of precise, measured. The arcing lines toward the bottom look like they were made with a protractor--kind of the same idea, I'd guess.
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  • RedHerringRedHerring Posts: 2,077 ✭



    << <i>...the gram scale kept flipping between 36 and 37 for me... >>



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    Good electronic scales weighing accurately to 0.05g are available for under $20. I'd pick one up if I were you.

    I got one for $15 on eBay that is great.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,128 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We've seen a lot of Pamp Suisse bars this year with poorly sealed cards. Guess they've been kinda busy.....
    TD
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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Even though the bar probably is authentic, for peace of mind you might bring the situation to the attention of the seller and request an exchange with postage both ways on him, due to the defect. You can't lose by asking.

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,128 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The assay card should have a serial number on it that matches the serial number stamped into the bar. Do they match?
    TD
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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,119 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Hi all, looking for some help here. I purchased this bar off eBay with Bing cash back:

    eBay auction

    I received the bar today, and there is a slit that looks just big enough to fit a bar in and out of the assay card. If I tried to slip it out though, I think I would put stress on the plastic (so maybe just a hair small). I'm worried about the bar being slipped out for a copy bar. I weighed it on a postage scale...it weighs somewhere between 36 and 37 grams (no tenths on the scale).

    The question I am trying to find out is...what should these bars weigh inside their assay card?

    The seller I purchased from has many feedback of selling these bar, and a 100% rating. I'm trying to get some information here before I bother them. I couldn't dig anything up on Google. If it's the correct weight, I'm keeping it so do not care about the crack in card.

    Thanks!
    -Steve >>



    You need to supply a scan of the reverse ... which is more important than the obverse for any PAMP bar. Serial # should match
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  • PatchesPatches Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭
    They do match, and I'm pretty sure the bar is fine...I got some advice to just contact the seller anyway to try to exchange. The seller was awesome and more then willing. He offered me $50 to just keep this bar, or exchange for free. I took him up on the exchange request, so I will have it in the mail on Monday. Thank you to all who responded and PM'd.
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