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Palladium Bar
Palladium is a precious metal that has generated a lot of excitement over the past few years. Prices for palladium soared into the four-figure range during the late 1990s, only to collapse to under $200 in 2003.
An element belonging to the platinum group of metals, palladium is steel-white in color, except in powder form, when it appears black. Palladium has a number of industrial uses. It resists tarnishing in air and if annealed, it is soft and ductile.
Palladium has the lowest density and melting point of the platinum-group metals (iridium, osmium, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and ruthenium).
Demand for palladium comes not only for its industrial uses, but also for its growing use in jewelry around the world.
Minting Information
Several different companies manufacture or hallmark, gold bars. The more popular hallmarks are: Credit Suisse, Johnson Matthey, Englehard and Produits Artistiques de M'taux Pr'cieux (PAMP). Gold bars can be easily traded and transported throughout the world.







