Cast gold bars in smaller weights

[Foster88]

Hi all,

I’ve been having a look at cast bars, more out of curiosity then anything and I much prefer the look of them over minted bars sealed in plastic.

Is anyone aware of them being available in smaller weights, 20g, 40g etc. I imagine a 10g cast gold bars would be too small.

I see Bairds sell them but the smallest weight they do is 50g cast bars.

[BackyardBullion]

The problem is that they are just so bloody small!

I have seen perth mint 1 oz ones on Atkinsons before, but no smaller than that. 

[Foster88]

Just now, BackyardBullion said:

The problem is that they are just so bloody small!

I have seen perth mint 1 oz ones on Atkinsons before, but no smaller than that. 

I did think that might be the reason why. Thanks for clarifying @BackyardBullion 👍🏻

[daca]

Smallest you will find is 10g from Heimerle + Meule

 

20g

ESG

Valcambi

1 oz are more common

Perth mint

Heimerle + Meule

ESG

Schloss Güldengossa from Geiger

C.Hafner

Philoro

Valcambi

All the above have bars in  50g or larger size

Edited August 30, 2021 by daca
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[daca]

Scottsdale has a 1 oz Lion Cast Bar

[CollectorNo1]

Remember the higher premiums on fractionals,doesn't really make sense  economically,  but the 1g and 2.5g make nice gifts..

[Coverte]

I would be more inclined to gift a 1 Oz gold coin within some nice prestation over a bar as a gift, but have on occasion bought smallish bars and some of those do have some charm, which seems missing in the carded (and much more forged/fake) versions.

[modofantasma]

I've a 1 oz Perth mint cast piece. It looks incredible. Haven't come across smaller for sale but have seen a half oz picture (until the above post) it's about postage stamp footprint hang on I'll see if I've a photo 

[modofantasma]

Next to a 1z Krug for comparison

[CollectorNo1]

1 hour ago, Coverte said:

I would be more inclined to gift a 1 Oz gold coin within some nice prestation over a bar as a gift, but have on occasion bought smallish bars and some of those do have some charm, which seems missing in the carded (and much more forged/fake) versions.

Wish I could afford £1400 to give to my friends as gifts

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[Foster88]

8 hours ago, CollectorNo1 said:

Wish I could afford £1400 to give to my friends as gifts

.

I bloody don’t.

I wish my friends could afford £1400 to buy me a gold bar as a gift. 😂

Edited August 31, 2021 by Foster88

[Coverte]

27 minutes ago, CollectorNo1 said:

Wish I could afford £1400 to give to my friends as gifts

.

 

When you get older and greyer you too may wish to consider what best you can do for your children and granchildren

- my generations government/s, globally, have arguably not left this world with the sort of future quality of life I/we enjoyed in the simpler enjoyable less monetary stress times 

[CollectorNo1]

13 minutes ago, Coverte said:

 

When you get older and greyer you too may wish to consider what best you can do for your children and granchildren

- my generations government/s, globally, have arguably not left this world with the sort of future quality of life I/we enjoyed in the simpler enjoyable less monetary stress times 

Well I'm old and grey now..but understand what you say...born in the 60's...growing up was fun and something I wouldn't swap for all the gold in the world..🙂

[Foster88]

*Edit* To my comment above that is a ‘tongue in cheek’ comment.

I’m only saying this as I can’t for some reason edit my previous post.

Edited August 31, 2021 by Foster88

[Foster88]

9 hours ago, modofantasma said:

Next to a 1z Krug for comparison

That’s good to see.

If I was buying an oz of gold, looking at your photo I’d go for the cast bar over the Kruggerand.

It looks a nice firm hefty chunk to hold in your hands.... ok I’ll stop now but you get the picture. 😆

That yellow gold!!

Makes you realise you’re holding 999.9 gold.

I just don’t think you can get that with a minted bar in a piece of plastic. I might be wrong.

Having said that, I prefer sovereigns myself.

Edited August 31, 2021 by Foster88

[RacerCool]

For practical reasons I'd probably only buy gold in fractional coins. But I can't deny the beauty of a cast bar. They're stunning.