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>>21317514
If its sealed in the packaging and not blatantly magnetic then not really, buying from trusted sources lowers the risk, but like I said there was a fiasco a few years ago of fake bars being mixed into some batches from JM bullion.


If there bar is unpacked you can weigh it and measure the dimensions and compare the standard bar,

The best is the spectography machines that the dealers use which can analyze the inside.

Also gold acid test could pick out gold plated bars but not the 1:1 tungsten filled ones, tungsten very closely mimics the density of gold so that's why its used and its not magnetic.

I actually kind of cringe at the lazy boomers who just buy some sealed gold bar and refuse to open it to inspect it so they don't "lower the value", nigger the value is the metal nobody cares that a bullion oz has a scratch on it if it weighs the same.


Pic related is the first results on aliexpress,

I'm just saying to be careful with sealed bars, some even come with fully sealed hard plastic that arent meant to be opened, imo this helps fakers discourage people from inspecting the bars closely