Perth Gold Bars Hit The Counterfeit Market Unbelievable [must See Video]

Break it out of the package every time. Bend it with your bare hands. Leave a tooth mark. If you can't do that then it's fake. These bars are meant to fool people at the top of the industry and if you don't know what you're doing you will be duped. There's a saying in the coin community: "buy the coin, not the holder", and it rings true in the bullion business. I hope everyone can buy real gold and play with it and not cherish it so much. By that I mean that if it's in a shiny-shiny form (pristine) you are less likely to test it. Bullion is bullion; it's not meant to be sacred.

One thing I noticed in a fake I once saw was that the font of the serial number is different than the genuine article. But again, don't rely on the packaging.

Wake up People. Gold is selling for $1,261 an ounce.

Why would anybody sell a one ounce Perth Mint gold bar on ebay with a buy-it-now $1,200 usd?

With ebay and PayPal fees, the seller cleared about $1,050 usd.

Let me answer that question. It was a fake. China Counterfeit.

The idiot that bought it may never know for years its worth is $2.

ebay Seller auctionhouse365 ebay item 122009729803

I'm new here and this topic is what spurred me to register so that I could join the discussion.
I recently purchased a Perth Mint gold bar in the new 'black' packaging like the one in the video. After viewing the video, I immediately got my bar out to inspect it. The packaging looks intact and the thickness appeared to be thin (compared to what is revealed in the video). I am including a picture to show the digital dotted serial number. I called the dealer that I bought it from and they assured me that they do not buy bullion from anybody but the mint that made it.They also told me that if I had a problem with any bullion bought from them, they would make it right through refund or replacement. I asked about the digital dotted serial number and they said they had not heard that.
I'm not wanting to step on anybody's toes here, like I said, I'm new here, just looking for what is and what ain't.

edit: sorry, can't upload pic, it shows serial number as dotted characters

Reading this, I'm even more worried my bar is a fake. My post from earlier (before I found this thread): https://goccf.com/t/269523

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Whats even more troubling is that most people that get burnt buying fakes will want to try and get some money back, one way or the other... so ya these will be floating around, well like forever.

I'm in contact with the dealer, and they are investigating. They assured me all bars come directly from the mint and there is no way this could be a fake. Perhaps Perth Mint is using a new printer for their bar numbers, with a different number of dots?

The photos on APMEX for this bar show a bar number similar to what I have - (2-dots horizontally on the 0, and line under the 1), but the back of the bar pictured looks different (i.e. authentic) - kangaroos do not cut into the edge at all, the bottom left most kangaroo shows just a small tail (mine shows a tail and small bit of the back hump), and the edge appears to have a ridge (mine is a flat-bevel vs this ridged bevel).

http://www.images-apmex.com/images/...0&height=900

http://www.images-apmex.com/images/...0&height=900

Yeah- I'm probably thinking too much about this, and should just have it fully tested, but that requires breaking it out of the package, which I'm not quite ready to do... We'll see what the retailer comes back to me with on Monday!