But beware. all, as some gold bars have been discovered containing tungsten, which weighs almost identical to gold, but is worth a fraction. Tungsten inside a gold coating is hard - or impossible - to detect with current lazer instruments used by gold-dealers.
These fake bars have been known to carry bank-codes printed on them, as if they were authentic.
Gold coins are thin, and can be easily tested for their authentic origin.
However, I am NOT advising anyone here on anything, as my point in the above post was related to 2004.
Haven't got a clue how gold will be valued in the future, so my advice is: don't store treasures on Earth, but in Heaven
Quite right, Peter, VAT was at some point abolished on gold coins.
(Tst: It was abolished in the EU, because only the EU imposes the VAT tax
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