• czech@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m interested in why the bar is so chewed up. Are they handing out fakes as well?

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      1 year ago

      The cuts are probably to show the insides of the bar so they know it’s solid gold all the way through. Who knows if they’re handing out fakes though, imo it’s very likely.

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      1 year ago

      you can commonly find tungstein cored gold bars at sites like alibaba.com for far cheaper than real ones.

      they are aparently pretty much indistinguishable from real bars without special equipment.

      aparently even some major banks found some in their inventories

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      1 year ago

      Are they handing out fakes as well?

      This is china we are talking about. Of course they are.

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        You’re telling me you would just accept a damn bar of gold handed to you in a similar situation without verifying somehow it is what the seller says it is?