[Secret Agent Man]

i hope they get back all the ars they made with tungsten cores in them.

[Secret Agent Man]

ars == bars

flippin tablet

[Travis McGee]

Methinks they’ll have titanium drill bits to check a few at random.

[varyouga]

They made the fake bars to crash the market and buy up gold at a bargain. Large gold bars not direct from a major refiner are not trusted anymore. People simply aren't buying them. Even bars as small as 10oz are being faked.

Coins are much more difficult to fake and seem to be selling way above spot for that reason. The US mint is sold out of all coins smaller than 1oz.

This is a good time to buy from a refiner but the key with bars is buying direct and maintaining good paperwork to prove authenticity in the future.