Posted 05/06/2016 9:00 pm
When I buy gold it's almost never in bar form. It's rolled out from a refinery in thick square wire, so one can instantly see the graining patterns from the rollers and the impression left from the actual cut/shears. It's always good to learn how to authenticate your metals on the spot. Coins and bars make a person very gullible because they look at the "form" of the metal and never the metal itself, relying on reading the stampings, but gold is not a defined shape or words. Things I look for are the heft (density), the grain/pattern left by tools, and when in doubt I do the old wild west trick - I take a bite - if you can leave a tooth mark you're good.
