Re: eBay: 100 troy oz. (3.11kg) Engelhard .999+ silver bar
by Tony Clayton <tony@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Apr 1, 2008 at 11:25 AM
In a recent message RF <fwdixon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mar 26, 11:54 pm, "BuffettHa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <BuffettHa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
> > I don't like the looks of this one.
> >
> > A gov't in Aftrica (somalia i beleive?) recently got took when it
> > discovered
> > the 100 oz bars of GOLD were plated steel and not solid gold. They
> > looked
> > like they were extruded too.
> >
> > For this reason alone i would avoid all extruded bars unless you
> > happen
> > to have xrays of the bars ???
I am not sure that X-rays would help.
Steel looks much the same as gold on an X-ray.
> >
> > Just watch, next thing we will hear is silver plated bars making the
> > rounds.
Fakes are a fact of life, and need to be watched out for.
>
> This morning [snip a totally unnecessary remark] that makes more sense
> than you!
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