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The Perth Mint Swindle is the popular name for the robbery of 49 gold bars weighing 69 kilograms (152 pounds; 2,200 troy ounces) from the Perth Mint in Western Australia on 22 June 1982. The bullion was valued at A$653,000 at that time (equivalent to $2,587,607 in 2022).
Though typically not measured by pounds, seeing as 12 troy ounces equals a troy pound, and taking the current value of an ounce of gold as of Oct. 26, 2023, into account, a 1-pound gold bar would ...
Bullion coins are government-minted, legal tender coins made of precious metals, such as gold, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and silver.They are kept as a store of value or an investment rather than used in day-to-day commerce.
The Australian Gold Nugget, also sometimes known as the Australian Gold Kangaroo, [1] is a gold bullion coin minted by the Perth Mint. The coins have been minted in denominations of 1 ⁄ 20 oz , 1 ⁄ 10 oz, 1 ⁄ 4 oz, 1 ⁄ 2 oz, 1 oz, 2 oz, 10 oz, and 1 kg of 24 carat gold.
Additionally, the kilobar, weighing 1,000 grams (32.15 troy ounces), and the 100-troy-ounce (109.7-ounce; 6.9-pound; 3.1-kilogram) gold bar are popular for trading and investment due to their more manageable size and weight. [1] These bars carry a minimal premium over the spot price of gold, facilitating small transfers between banks and ...
Gold ingot from the Perth Mint. The Perth Mint is Australia's official bullion mint and wholly owned by the Government of Western Australia. [3] Established on 20 June 1899, [4] two years before Australia's Federation in 1901, the Perth Mint was the last of three Australian colonial branches of the United Kingdom's Royal Mint (after the now-defunct Sydney Mint and Melbourne Mint) intended to ...
“The wholesale retailer began selling gold online in September and 1 oz. gold bars on Friday were going for $2,069.99, with a limit of two bars per Costco membership,” CNN says.
They purchase gold bars from the Perth mint, with which they fabricate a gold nugget, dubbed the "Yellow Rose of Texas", which is purchased by tycoon Alan Bond (David Meadows) for substantially more than its gold value. They are subsequently convicted of the unconnected theft of 49 gold bars from the Perth Mint, purchased by forged bank cheques.