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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fatima, post: 1325858, member: 22143&quot;]The popular rumor doesn&#039;t involve plating tungsten bars.&nbsp; Supposedly the counterfeit bars are produced by casting a bar that has a core of tungsten with a layer of gold cast, not plated, around it.&nbsp; This is a technically very difficult to do and could only be accomplished by an entity with some advanced skill and equipment.&nbsp; The resulting bar would still have a significant amount of gold but instead of being worth say, $500,000, it would be worth only $150,000.&nbsp; A bar constructed in such a manner could only be tested by drilling core samples.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This type of counterfeiting would only be useful to an entity with a significant amount of gold and which trades in multiples of gold bars. It would also be required for them to engage in activities that are not disclosed to the public.&nbsp;&nbsp; The popular rumor was that some of the gold in Ft. Knox got this treatment during the Clinton years and was then pawned off on the communist government in China. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve heard this rumor many times over the years, but as far as I know, with the exception of one possible example in the Balkins, nobody has ever produced one of these bars.&nbsp;&nbsp; That is countered by the fact that someone that ended up with the fake gold is afraid to expose it lest their own secret activities are exposed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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