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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;huntsman53, post: 656425, member: 1242&quot;]Benjy,</p><p><br /></p><p>First, the guy at the Coin Shop is a dummkopf (for dumbhead) but I could think of many more German terms for such an idiot!</p><p><br /></p><p>It is too late to say now but you should have slowed down and took your time in trying to find out the composition of and the origin of the Bar! Haste makes waste and you have probably turned a possible Gold Bar that may have fetched a price approaching and possibly exceeding $10,000, into a severely damaged possible Gold Bar now worth about the value of the Gold that it contains, if it in fact it contains Gold. It is ashame that you did not take the advice of many of the folks here on Coin Talk and damaged the Bar on the advice of a Coin Dealer who&#039;s only true interest in the Bar was purchasing it for the Gold content once you destroyed it&#039;s true value!</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the producers of the Bar may have been connected with Mexico, Spain or another Spanish speaking Country, I am almost certain that it was not produced by the Spaniards several hundred or more years ago. The lettering on the Bar is much too modern and lettering done by Spaniards several hundred or more years ago, would be fairly crude. They were only interested in mining for Gold and getting the Gold back to the Gulf of Mexico coast where it could be shipped to Spain or another destination and would not have carried a large assortment of stamps or tools to make the stamps for stamping Gold Bars. Also, due to the risk of running into hostiles, they would have more than likely hauled out raw ore instead of smelting the Gold into bars before hauling the Gold out.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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