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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 15x8x0.42 0.06 15x9x0.62.5 0.08 21x13x0.65 0.16 23x14x0.710 0.32 31x18x120 0.64 39x22x1.350 1.61 45x25x2.3100 3.22 55x31x3250 8.04 55x25x10500 16.08 65x32x141000 32.15 80x40x1812440 400 200x80x45

Gold Bars in Gram, Dimensions in millimeter

Gold Bar Weights in Gram and Dimensions in Millimeter


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Tael Gram Ounce

0.5 18.66 0.61 37.32 1.22 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 Ounce1 11.66 0.383 34,98 1.145 58.3 1.9

10 116.60 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 Gold Refinery, 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 9999 fineness. 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 around 0.08 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 fineness of 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 an ounce 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. NIBR’s annual refining capacity stands at 25 tonnes of gold and

300 tonnes of silver


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100 GRAM



The picture shows a 100 gram gold bar which is around 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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250 GRAM



The 250 gram gold bar shown on the picture is made of 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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500 GRAM



The picture shows a 500 gram gold bar which is around 16 fine ounce. The gold

bar has a fineness of 999.9 and was produced by Valcambi SA, Switzerland.


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1 KILO



This 1 kilo gold bar is 1000 gram, or 32.15 ounce. The kilobar has a purity of

999.9 (99.99%). It was refined by the Royal Canadian Mint which produces

Canada’s money and the highly popular Maple Leaf gold coin.


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1 OUNCE



The 1 ounce fine gold bar, shown in the picture, is produced by the Sunshine Mint

for APMEX, a major US precious metal dealer.


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5 TAEL


The 5 tael gold bar is produced with a fineness of 999.9. This unit 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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10 TOLA



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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250 KG



The biggest gold bar in the world has a weight of 250 kg (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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