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GOLD BAR WEIGHTS AND DIMENSIONS



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1. Gold bars have a standard weight ranging

usually from 1 gram to 1 kilo (1000 gram)

2. The 400 ounce (12.44kg) gold bar is mostly

traded between central banks and

international institutions

3. The biggest gold bar has a weight of 250kg.


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1. The unit of measurement for gold bars is

gram, or kilo (1000 gram)

2. To a lesser extend, also ounce (31.10g), tael

(37.32g, 1.2oz) and tola (11.66g or 0.38oz)

are used


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Gram Ounce Dimensions

1 0.03 15x8x0.4

2 0.06 15x9x0.62.5 0.08 21x13x0.6

5 0.16 23x14x0.7

10 0.32 31x18x1

20 0.64 39x22x1.3

50 1.61

45x25x2.3

100 3.22 55x31x3

250 8.04 55x25x10

500 16.08 65x32x14

1000 32.15 80x40x18

12440 400 200x80x45

Gold Bars in Gram, Dimensions in millimeter

Gold Bar

Weights

in Gramand Dimensions inMillimeter


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Tael Gram Ounce

0.5 18.66 0.6

1 37.32 1.2

2 74.64 2.45 186.6 6.0


Tael gold bars have a weight of

0.5, 1,2,5 and 10 units


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Tola Gram Ounce

1 11.66 0.38

3 34,98 1.14

5 58.3 1.910 116.60 3.80


Tola gold bars weight 1,3,5, 10 units:


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1 GRAM



This 1 gram gold bar is produced by the Istanbul GoldRefinery, IAR, with a fineness of 999.9. The 1 gram

gold bar has a length of 8.5mm and a width of 15mm

and is 0.03215 troy ounce.


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2 GRAM



This 2 gram gold bar has a gold content of 99.99%, or 9999fineness. The gold bar was produced by the Perth Mint,

Australia.

The Perth Mint was set up in 1899 as a branch of the British

Royal Mint. In 1970 the ownership passed to the Australian

Government. The Perth Mint is one of two remaining

Australian mints.


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2.5 GRAM



The picture shows a 2.5 gram gold bar which is around0.08 fine ounce. The gold bar has a fineness of

999.9 (fine gold) and was produced by PAMP SA,

Switzerland.


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5 GRAM



A 5 gram gold bar from Credit Suisse with a finenessof 999.9. This fine gold bullion was produced in

Switzerland


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10 GRAM



This 10 Gram Gold Bar weights around a third of anounce and is made of 999.9 gold, or fine gold. The

producer is Sunshine Minting. This US based company

produces gold and silver coins. It is the primary

supplier of silver blanks to the United States Mint.


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50 GRAM



The National Indian Bullion Refinery (NIBR)produced this 50 gram gold bar with a fineness of 99.5.

It has a weight of 1.61 troy ounces. NIBRs annual

refining capacity stands at 25 tonnes of gold and 300

tonnes of silver


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100GRAM



The picture shows a 100 gram gold bar which isaround 3.2 fine ounce. The gold bar has a fineness of

999.9 and was produced by Credit Suisse, SA,

Switzerland for Johnson Matthey, London.


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250GRAM



The 250 gram gold bar shown on the picture is madeof fine gold (999.9). The gold bar was produced for

the London-based Baird & Co Bullion Merchants. This

company was founded in 1968 as a dealer in gold and

numismatic coins.


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500GRAM



The picture shows a 500 gram gold bar which isaround 16 fine ounce. The gold bar has a fineness of

999.9 and was produced by Valcambi SA, Switzerland.


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1KILO



This 1 kilo gold bar is 1000 gram, or 32.15 ounce. Thekilobar has a purity of 999.9 (99.99%). It was refined

by the Royal Canadian Mint which produces Canadas

money and the highly popular Maple Leaf gold coin.


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1OUNCE



The 1 ounce fine gold bar, shown in the picture, isproduced by the Sunshine Mint for APMEX, a major

US precious metal dealer.


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5TAEL


The 5 tael gold bar is produced with a fineness of 999.9. Thisunit of measurement has been in use in East and South East

Asia. Most commonly the tael weight refers to the Chinese

system, where it was a currency and weight system.

Even though taels vary in weight, gold bars with a tael weight

correspond to arround 1.2 ounces per tael. Therefore, this tael

gold bar on the picture has a weight of 6 ounces, or 187 gram.


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10TOLA



The picture shows a 10 tola gold bar from Degussa.The traditional Indian unit of measurement tola is

equal to 11.66 gram or 0.375 troy ounces. Thus, 10 tola

corresponds to 116.6 gram, 3.750 fine ounce. Typical

weights of this measurement are 1, 3, 5 and 10 tola,

where the 10 tola bar is the most popular weight.


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250KG



The biggest gold bar in the world has a weight of 250kg (551.150lb). With $1500 per ounce, this gold bar has

a value of around $13,224,000. The gold bar was

manufactured by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation on

11 June 2005 at the Naoshima Smelter & Refinery in

the Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.


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