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this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2023
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Damn, that's interesting!
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I'm interested in why the bar is so chewed up. Are they handing out fakes as well?
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.
My hash dealers do the same thing. Gotta see all the nuances and check quality through and through.
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
I'd love something like that as a paperweight or door stop. Or to sit next to my trillion dollar coin
I see you are prepared for the next Great Crisis.
Possibly demonstrating ductility? Classier than chewing on the damn thing.
Uncanny valley of yummy. It looks wrong but also like candy
Yes, it looks as if it would have a great chewy consistency when biting into it ....
The Chinese are very good at this sort of thing.
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?