Investment Basics
How to buy gold
Gold quality
Investment-Quality gold bars should be at least 99.5% pure gold. The rest is an alloy, usually silver or copper, that makes smelting possible.
People who purchase gold bullion as an investment should only buy a bar that features the name of its manufacturer, its weight, and its purity, usually expressed as 999.9 stamped on the face.
Gold hallmark
A Gold Hallmark consists of three compulsory marks which provide information regarding the refiner, the guaranteed standard of fineness, and the Assay Office at which the article was tested and marked.
Anatomy of a gold bar
1
Refiner
2
Purity of metal / Fineness
3
Assay office
