Gold Ingots are a popular form of gold bullion used by people to collect and invest in gold. Gold Ingots are also known as gold bars, especially in the larger sizes. Gold Ingots comes in a very wide variety of brands and sizes. Gold Ingots are available in the following sizes: one gram Gold Ingots, two gram Gold Ingots, two and a half gram Gold Ingots, five gram Gold Ingots, ten gram Gold Ingots, fifteen gram Gold Ingots, twenty gram Gold Ingots, twenty five gram Gold Ingots, one troy ounce Gold Ingots, 50 gram Gold Ingots, 100 gram Gold Ingots, 150 gram Gold Ingots, 250 gram Gold Ingots, 500 gram Gold Ingots, and 1 kilogram Gold Ingots.
There are also less common sizes of Gold Ingots. The most popular brands of Gold Ingots are Credit Suisse Gold Ingots and PAMP Suisse Gold Ingots, although there are other brands such as Sunshine Mint Gold Ingots, Engelhard Gold Ingots, and Perth Mint Gold Ingots. Since Gold Ingots tend to be minted by private mints, Gold Ingots tend to have little to no premium, compared to gold coins minted by sovereign nations, such as the American Gold Eagle.
Gold Ingots tend to be minted in 24 karat gold, in either 99.9 percent or 99.99 percent purity. There are two different types of Gold Ingots, extruded Gold Ingots, which have a nice uniform shape and size, and poured Gold Ingots, which tend to look a little more haphazard than extruded Gold Ingots. Gold Ingots are almost always marked with the Gold Ingots producing mint, the Gold Ingots size, the purity of the Gold Ingots, and sometimes, but not always the Gold Ingots serial number.
Most modern Gold Ingots come sealed from the manufacturer, with the packaging, sometimes containing the signature of a mint worker, confirming the size and purity of the Gold Ingots. Most Gold Ingots are bought purely as an investment, but some Gold Ingots find their way into jewelry. The most common place you will find Gold Ingots in jewelry is in pendants containing Gold Ingots.
Usually the Gold Ingots in pendants tend to be the smaller sized Gold Ingots, such as one gram Gold Ingots and two and a half gram Gold Ingots. On rare occasion, you will also find small Gold Ingots in rings, usually limited to the one gram Gold Ingots, because larger Gold Ingots wouldn’t easily fit in a ring.