All investment gold bars contain the same fine gold \u2014 but the way a bar is made changes how it looks, how it is packaged and what it costs. There are two production methods: casting and minting.<\/p>
Cast Bars<\/strong> are made the traditional way: molten gold is poured into a mould and left to solidify. Each bar has a slightly rustic, individual character, with the refiner's stamp pressed into the surface. Because the process is simple, cast bars carry the lowest premium over the gold price \u2014 which is why larger weights (100 g, 250 g, 1 kg) are usually cast. They are the efficient choice for investors who want maximum gold for their money.<\/p> Minted Bars<\/strong> start as a cast blank that is rolled, cut and struck with polished dies \u2014 the same technique used for coins. The result is a perfectly smooth, mirror-like bar with sharp detail, sealed in tamper-evident blister packaging with an integrated certificate. Minted bars cost slightly more per gram, but they are easier to store, verify and resell one at a time, which makes them popular in smaller weights (1 g to 100 g) and as gifts.<\/p> Neither type is \u201cbetter\u201d \u2014 it depends on your goal. Building a large position at the lowest cost? Cast. Flexibility, presentation and easy resale in parts? Minted. At AurumX you can browse both: every bar is LBMA-accredited, and every purchase is covered by our buyback guarantee.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alle beleggingsgoudbaren bevatten hetzelfde fijngoud \u2014 maar de manier waarop een baar wordt gemaakt, bepaalt hoe hij eruitziet, hoe hij verpakt is en wat hij kost. Er zijn twee productiemethoden: gieten en slaan. Gegoten baren worden op de traditionele manier gemaakt: gesmolten goud wordt in een mal gegoten en stolt. Elke baar heeft een licht […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gold-guide"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aurumx.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aurumx.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aurumx.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aurumx.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aurumx.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aurumx.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aurumx.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aurumx.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aurumx.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aurumx.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}