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The heaviest gold bar that you have held?

MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
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Read a few years ago that the large bars have to be handled extra carefully as the heft and density can easily damage a hand.

My 1 oz eagles should not pose a problem. image

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  • DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,379 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not a bar but my 50 peso is the biggest I've had in my grubby paws.
  • bluelobsterbluelobster Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭
    I held this Atocha bar, skinny but heavy, too bad it was stolen and now I'm sure that wonderful piece of history has been melted. (

    Atocha gold
  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,266 ✭✭✭
    Isn't there a display at large coin shows that has a very large gold brick in a plexiglass box that you can slip you hand down in and try to pick the bar up? Seems like I've seen some pics on some show reports on the US Coin Forum.
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  • SmallTownCoinsSmallTownCoins Posts: 688 ✭✭
    I'v held a few Gold Kilo bars, after dealing mostly with Silver
    the gold Kilo's are surprisingly small and very heavy ..
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  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    Cubic foot of gold weighs 1188.6 lbs.
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    Cubic foot of Silver weighs 654.91 lbs
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,334 ✭✭✭✭✭
    39 ounce bar of gold at the coinfest show in 2008. it was off of one of the wrecks in floriduh. it was totally awesome
  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Years ago, 100 oz. gold bar !!! image
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  • SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not my hand, but I've held the same 400oz gold bar at the ANA. It was a pretty fantastic feeling!

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  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭
    100oz Gold bars from the Royal Canadian Mint. had to carry 3 of the damn things at once.
  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Something old, something heavy and something I still own.
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  • StorkStork Posts: 5,205 ✭✭✭✭✭
    More like fondled than held. This is a picture of my son's hand, but I took a turn too. There was no lifting of the bar image. The stamped weight was 15911.9 grams. The display is at the museum in Osaka, and you slipped your hand through an opening in the plexiglass (or whatever) to touch the bar. Very interesting museum with rather extensive examples of some fantastic rarities worth (individually) upwards of $3,000,000. In the 'world' section there was a common 1968 (IIIRC) Kennedy half.

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  • CoulportCoulport Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭
    Got to hold a kilo bar.
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  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>More like fondled than held. This is a picture of my son's hand, but I took a turn too. There was no lifting of the bar image. The stamped weight was 15911.9 grams. The display is at the museum in Osaka, and you slipped your hand through an opening in the plexiglass (or whatever) to touch the bar. Very interesting museum with rather extensive examples of some fantastic rarities worth (individually) upwards of $3,000,000. In the 'world' section there was a common 1968 (IIIRC) Kennedy half.

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    Where in Osaka? I'd like to see that '68 Kennedy. image
  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    10 ozer

    but only long enough to say so.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Two and a half pound (avoirdupois) gold slug. I worked in an industry that gold plated electronic component parts for years. Periodically, tanks and shot had to be 'cleaned' and the gold reclaimed. When that was done it was sent out to be remade into the gold/cyanide mix for plating baths. Cheers, RickO
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,150 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We had a customer at Harlan Berk's that wanted to own a 400+ ounce bar, so we ordered one for him. Actual weight about 408 oz. We all hefted it before delivering it.
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  • StorkStork Posts: 5,205 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Technically it's the Japan Mint in Osaka. Let me guess, no Kennedy in 1968? Oh well, it wasn't a silver one I don't think. It was just a funny juxtaposition that one of the displays amongst the fabulous and pricey coins included average coinage from around the world.

    Japan Mint

    Another view of the bricks, on the official website.

    The museum link


    A very interesting experience and if anyone gets to Osaka I highly recommend it. There was a documentary movie to start, either in English with Japanese subtitles, or in Japanese with English subtitles, you'd think I'd remember but it was several years ago, probably 2010.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,334 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>More like fondled than held. This is a picture of my son's hand, but I took a turn too. There was no lifting of the bar image. The stamped weight was 15911.9 grams. The display is at the museum in Osaka, and you slipped your hand through an opening in the plexiglass (or whatever) to touch the bar. Very interesting museum with rather extensive examples of some fantastic rarities worth (individually) upwards of $3,000,000. In the 'world' section there was a common 1968 (IIIRC) Kennedy half.

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    many could live with them bars image
  • bonkroodbonkrood Posts: 796 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I held this Atocha bar, skinny but heavy, too bad it was stolen and now I'm sure that wonderful piece of history has been melted. (

    Atocha gold >>



    I held it once also, didn't know it was stolen. image
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  • Mission16Mission16 Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭
    10 oz. owned it for about 7 hours.
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Would you believe, I've never held a gold bar of any size. Seen many of them "through the glass" and pictures on the tube, but this thread made me realize, never held one, not even a gram.

    I'm a coin collector.

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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Would you believe, I've never held a gold bar of any size.

    Same here. I don't think that I've ever even touched a gold bar.image
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  • cohodkcohodk Posts: 19,131 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think only 1oz bars are the largest I've handled but my icon is 3 oz.

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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭
    400 ounce bar that APMEX displays. Otherwise, ten ounce bars
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