Gold CombiBars

[Reub]

"The size of a credit card, the 50g gold CombiBars are easily be broken into one gram pieces to be used as money in times of crisis."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... under.html

According to the article, these will be available in the US next year.

[dualstow]

Yummy! That's even better than Hanukkah gelt.

Now, how do you test those 1g bits for authenticity?

[k9]

With a touchstone ? For a 1g bar, it will be enough as it cannot be filled with, say, tungsten.

[TripleB]

I'd rather use 1/10 ounce coins, considering 3 grams = 1/10 of an ounce and the coins are more universally understood and accepted.

However, the spread on 1/10 ounce coins is huge (offhand it's around 15%)... if the spread on these bars was closer to spot, then it might be interesting. Otherwise, just get a credit card shaped plastic sleeve that can hold 1/10 ounce gold coins 5 across and 3 down (15 total for nearly 50 grams).