[Renfield]

Joseph Farrell comments in his blog:

Note the geopolitical underpinnings here, for the allegation is that the US central bank and its allies have been involved in massive gold fraud, while the major economy in Europe which coincidentally wants an audit and repatriation of some or all of its gold, and the major economy in Asia, are sending clear messages that they no longer completely trust the financial soundness of the West.

These are major blows, for as I have been trying to outline here and in those books, this system of finance is intimately tied to the post World War Two structure of western power; it is the financial mechanism underwriting Western military preponderance, and Germany, or at least, the Bundesbank, very much is a part of that structure and mechanism… for Germany now to call for audits and repatriation is a major fissure, one that could become a fault line, within that structure…. and it is the Germans themselves who are leading the drive for these calls, while their government continues, unresponsively, to try to remain integrated in that structure…

…the cracks are growing folks….

[Paladin2]

There are other material properties that could be used to find bars with a W core (e.g. Thermal expansion).

I'll have to look into alloys of W and Au.

[skinkinthegrass]

bump to the top..
bears / bears survive;
pigs get slaughtered. ..grandmamah's stash.

[Paladin2]

"Chinatungsten offer tungsten alloy as gold substitution

We are well accustomed to exploit more innovative applications of tungsten products. Gold-plated tungsten is one of our main products. Pure tungsten, in the forms of round disc, plate, sheet, ring, and etc., can be perfectly coated with gold layer with clinquant shine, to replace gold or platinum merchandise except its currency function."

"http://www.chinatungsten.com/Tungsten-Alloy/Tungsten-for-Gold-plated-Application.html"

[knarf]

Perhaps this explains in part, the mass marketing of gold to cash advertising ?

Anything to get some gold back to replace the theft ?

Curiouser and curiouser

[TexasRepublic]

There is a simple way to assay the gold — melt the bars. Tungsten has a much higher melting point than gold, so the two will separate in such an obvious way that a blind man could see it.

[longtermmemmory]

This seems more a “bash the USA” story rather than actual substance.

It seems more a propaganda “cyber” attack.

Put out a few labeled fakes, blame the USA etc. etc.

The only thing missing is a tinfoil hat.

[fella]

This could explain why the incandescent bulb had to go. Freed up all that tungsten so it can be gold-plated and sold at $1740 an ounce.

Best way to check your gold bars would be to take them to an industrial shear machine and cut them in half and then eyeball them.