Does this look like Platinum?

Not the best photo I took in the world, but still gets the point across hopefully.

 

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It looks like platinum , but I hope you bought it from a reliable place , a lot of these small ingots turn out to be ripoffs , hope I'm wrong in this case . Could I ask where you bought it ?
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Off a local dealer down near me.

 

Is Platinum supposed to have the same color as silver? It looks like darker silver.. I always thought Platinum was bright and shiny..

 

Side by side with a 1g Silver ingot

Those aren't spots on the silver, it's just how the photo came out.

 

Oh, hya: I thought you were going to say Great Southern Coin :mouth:

 

Platinum is very similar to silver in color, I believe it is slightly more gray. The bar would only be shiny if it was polished, or struck from a polished press, that one wasn't. I would say the first thing to do is look into the Istanbul Market, and see if they're legit.

 

It seems they are mainly based out of ebay, here's a link to one of their auctions: eBay.com.my: 1 Gram 995 Fine Platinum Bullion Bar With Certificate (item 370283068975 end time Nov 03, 2009 09:16:45 MYT)