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Assaying is a process meant to determine, with accuracy, the precious metal composition or content, be it gold, silver, platinum, or other metals, when one intends to sell such metals. In essence, assaying is important since it will guarantee transparency for a given seller and buyer who are dealing with each other in a given…
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XRF Technology in Precious Metal Analysis: How It Ensures Accurate Assays
Accuracy and trust are everything when dealing with precious metals. Whether an investor is after gold, silver, or platinum, or an individual seeks to sell old jewelry, the reliability of metal purity can make all the difference in value. At AU Bullion, we pride ourselves on advanced X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) technology for accurate metal analysis….
Precious Metals – A Year in Review
Within precious metals circles it is likely well understood that precious metals were a mixed bag this year. Gold and silver performed outstandingly, while platinum and palladium finished the year in the red. However, what is likely far less understood is just how well gold and silver performed in comparison to other traditional investment classes…
Understanding Gold and Silver Stamps, Marks, and Hallmarks: A Guide on How to Identify Your Precious Metals
Have you ever looked at the small markings on the corner of your gold jewelry or even on silver coins and wondered what they stood for? Those little stamps, otherwise known as hallmarks, purity marks, or stamps, hold the secret in telling you whether your gold or silver is real, where it originated from, and…
The Case for Gold
After Richard Nixon had removed the United States and so the world off the gold standard on August 15th, 1971, the American economy was thrown into a whirlwind, unsurprisingly, as currency was now untethered from real value. The result, deep recessions between 1973-75 and another in 1979-80 that caused serious financial pain to your average…
