FREE: GOLD Bar 1/2 Gram In Assay Card

The listing, GOLD Bar 1/2 Gram In Assay Card has ended.

Winner receives one .5 gram Bear & Bull gold bullion bar minted by Istanbul Gold Refinery.
Winner may choose traditional blue or Support Our Troops design instead.

Specifications
Metal : AU
Fineness : 999.9
Size : 8.62 x 15.33 x 0.19 mm
Fine Weight : 0.5 g
Packaging : Sealed assay certificate

IGR gold bars are embedded in a card with security measures making them difficult to fake, including a hologram, unique serial number, & a barcode for easy ID of each bar.

When buying precious metals, familiarize yourself with the product- including manufacturer, specifications & packaging.
Fakes are easy to spot once you know how!

A Few Handy Definitions

BULLION- Pure form of precious metal (gold, silver, palladium or platinum) in the form of bars or ingots, at least 99.5% pure.
BULLION COINS- Legal tender, not intended for general circulation; made for the purpose of investing in precious metals, at least 99.5% pure.
CLAD- Manufacturing method; does not indicate content.
Clad coins consist of outer layers of one metal bonded to a core of a different metal.
GRAIN- 15.43 grains = 1 gram
GRAM- 31.1 grams = 1 troy ounce
MAGNET TEST- Only proves an item is NOT precious metal.
Will not prove an item IS precious metal; most metals (aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, zinc, gold, silver) aren't magnetic.
Ferromagnetism occurs in very few substances; common ones are iron, nickel, cobalt, & certain rare earth metals (gadolinium, neodymium & samarium).
MILLS- Misused by unscrupulous sellers to sell plated items to the unwary- supposed to infer plating thickness.
PLATED- A very thin layer of metal deposited on the surface of another metal.
ROLLED/FILLED GOLD- A sheet of gold applied to a base metal, thicker than gold plating- gold content must be at least 1/20th total weight of item.
TROY- Weight system customarily used for precious metals. There are 12 troy ounces/troy pound rather than 16 ounces/pound in the avoirdupois system.