This article would be more useful if it contained any sort of facts about or reasonable estimate of what the frequency of fake gold bars may be.
As a glass flameworker, I and my colleagues buy gold, cut it up, stick it on rods of glass, and put it on the flame to deposit gold vapor onto glass. We would notice fake gold right away, but I haven't heard of that happening.
(Though, the typical flameworker doesn't buy whole 1kg gold bars!)
As a glass flameworker, I and my colleagues buy gold, cut it up, stick it on rods of glass, and put it on the flame to deposit gold vapor onto glass. We would notice fake gold right away, but I haven't heard of that happening.
(Though, the typical flameworker doesn't buy whole 1kg gold bars!)