Gold Table Bar 5 x 1 g 999,9

Introduction to table bars

Table bars are bars consisting of several small bars. They combine the advantage of smaller premiums for larger bars with the advantage of small denominations for smaller bars.

Gold investors are very concerned with the question of which denomination to choose when buying gold. If they buy bars that are too small, they pay higher premiums than would be necessary. If they buy bars that are too large, they may have to sell more gold than they actually have to. From large table bars you can always break off exactly the amount of gold you need to liquidate.

However, there is one disadvantage to table bars: the mark-up is greater than for a bar of the same overall size.

Gold as a money substitute

Gold is also seen as an emergency currency and is bought in case the monetary system fails. Those who prepare for this eventuality also ask themselves how they can obtain everyday products or services with gold bars. After all, you can hardly go and buy bread with a 100 gram gold bar worth several thousand francs. Table bars are suitable for this, as they can be cut into small pieces down to 1 gram. This amount of gold can be used to pay for a purchase of everyday goods or a bill at the local baker or butcher.

What kind of table bars are there?

There are different types of table bars, the best known being the CombiBars produced by Valcambi and Heraeus. But also Pamp has a table bar with the Multigram, where each bar even comes with its own blister. Argor-Heraeus and Heraeus also sell the MultiDisc, table bars in the form of a round disc.

The 5 x 1 gram table bar

At 5 grams, this smallest table bar consists of slightly less gold than a 20-franc gold Vreneli. These bars are made exclusively of gold with a fineness of 999.9.

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