Origin & Certification

Argor-Heraeus is one of the world's leading precious metal refineries and processing companies, headquartered in Mendrisio (Switzerland), known for the highest purity standards and the Kinebar hologram.

An assay certificate is an authenticity document issued by an accredited testing laboratory that officially confirms the fineness, weight, and identity of a precious metal bar.

The Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich AG) is Austria's state mint, headquartered in Vienna, and the issuer of the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic coin.

C. Hafner is a German precious metals refinery and semi-finished product manufacturer founded in Pforzheim in 1850, refining gold, silver and platinum group metals and producing certified bars and semi-finished products for industry and the jewellery trade.

A fineness hallmark is an officially or manufacturer-stamped mark on precious metal items that indicates the proportion of pure metal in thousandths (‰) or in karats.

A hallmark (German: Punze) is an official or maker\'s assay mark that permanently and tamper-evidently certifies the fineness and origin of a precious metal object.

Heraeus is a German precious metals company headquartered in Hanau, which is one of the world's leading refineries and bar manufacturers and is recognised as an LBMA Good Delivery supplier.

The LBMA Good Delivery standard is the globally recognised quality standard for tradeable gold and silver bars in institutional wholesale trade, setting minimum requirements for fineness, weight, form, and the origin of the refinery.

A mint is a state-authorised or state-operated institution that strikes or casts coins and bars from precious metals according to defined weight and fineness standards.

A mint mark is a small symbol or letter on a coin that uniquely identifies the issuing mint.

PAMP Suisse is a Swiss precious metals refinery founded in 1977, headquartered in Castel San Pietro, and is one of the most prestigious and widely recognised bar manufacturers in the world.

The Perth Mint is Australia\'s official government mint, founded in 1899, and is regarded as one of the world\'s most renowned refineries and minting facilities for investment gold, investment silver, and platinum.

The Rand Refinery is the world\'s largest integrated gold refinery and manufacturer of the Krugerrand, the world\'s best-known gold investment coin.

Responsible Gold refers to gold that has been mined and traded throughout the entire supply chain in accordance with minimum ethical, social, and environmental standards.

The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) is Canada's state mint and one of the most prestigious precious metal institutions in the world, renowned for the Maple Leaf and its highest purity standards.

The Royal Mint is the official mint of the United Kingdom and one of the oldest continuously operating mints in the world, renowned for bullion coins such as the Britannia and the Sovereign.

A unique identification number engraved or stamped by the manufacturer on precious metal bars, enabling traceability, authenticity verification and certificate matching.

Umicore is a Belgian technology group and one of the world\'s leading precious metal refiners, whose bars and coin blanks are accredited under LBMA Good Delivery.

The United States Mint is the official coinage authority of the United States and has been issuing legal tender coins as well as bullion coins in gold, silver, and platinum since 1792.

Valcambi is one of the world's largest and most renowned gold refineries, headquartered in Balerna in the Swiss canton of Ticino, known for its highest purity standards and the patented CombiBar system.