Tungsten filled Gold bars

More tungsten-filled fake gold bars have shown up, this time in the United Kingdom, instead of Germany.  This will prove to be the tip of the iceberg, as this gold bar came from a bank in London.  Who knows what is in those secret vaults globally?

For your information, as we reported in 2009, the reason why fake gold bars are filled with tungsten is due to the similar densities between gold and tungsten.  Hence, tungsten is often used to counterfeit fake gold bars.  Caveat emptor.

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