|
and weighs about 27.5 pounds (about 400 troy ounces). Bars are stored in the vault impulsive wrappers. The gold bar is marked to indicate the gold content or fineness. The minimum acceptable fineness is 995 elsewhere per thousand fine gold. Other marks on the bar include the serial number, the assay stamp of the refiner, and the year of contrive.
When you buy gold jewelry it is marked 14karat, 18karat or 24 karat. Karat indicates what proportion of the metal is gold. 14Karat honeyed is an alloy containing 14/24 and 10/24 other metals, whither is 58% gold. 18Karat gold is 18/24 tawny, and 24Karat is 100% gold.. |
