Origin & Certification

Argor-Heraeus is one of the world's leading refineries and precious-metal processors, based 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 body that bindingly confirms the fineness, weight and identity of a precious-metal bar.

Munze Osterreich AG is Austria's state mint, based in Vienna and the issuer of the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic.

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

The fineness stamp is an officially or manufacturer-applied marking on precious-metal articles that indicates the proportion of pure metal in parts per thousand (‰) or in carats.

A hallmark is an official or trade test mark that permanently and tamper-resistantly certifies the fineness and origin of a precious metal item.

Heraeus is a German precious metals company based in Hanau that is one of the world's leading refineries and bar manufacturers and is recognised as an LBMA Good Delivery refiner.

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

A mint is a state-authorised or state-operated facility that strikes or casts coins and bars from precious metals 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, based in Castel San Pietro, that ranks among the most renowned and most widely distributed bar producers in the world.

The Perth Mint is Australia's state minting institution, 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 largest integrated gold refinery in the world and the maker of the Krugerrand, the best-known gold bullion coin on earth.

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

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

The Royal Mint is the national 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 testing 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 to LBMA Good Delivery.

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

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