Kilobars
Bar Weight: 1000 gram(s)
Purity: 995, 999, 999.9
Country or Area: Switzerland, Australia, South Africa, India
The kilobar (1000 g) is the world's most widely manufactured and traded small gold bar.While almost all kilobars now have a flat "international" shape(Typical lengths range from 110-120 mm, thicknesses around 8-10 mm.), "traditional" kilobars in the shape of a brick(A typical length is 90 mm, thickness around 17 mm.) are still preferred by some investors and fabricators in Europe.
Switzerland is the major supplier of kilobars for the international market,alongside South Africa and Australia. Another important market for kilobars is India.


Shanghai 3000 g Bars
Bar Weight: 3000 gram(s)
Purity: Minimum gold purity:99.95%
Country or Area: China
The Shanghai Good Delivery 3000 g gold bar is a standard bar used in transactions on the Shanghai Gold Exchange.


Gram Bars
Bar Weight: 10,100,250,500 gram(s)
Popular Weight: 100 gram(s)
Country or Area: World wide
Many manufacturers worldwide produce small cast gold bars, weighing 500 g and less. The most popular weights are 500 g, 250 g and 100 g.The smallest cast bar is the 10 g, manufactured by Umicore (Brazil) since 2006.


Yin-Yang Bars
Bar Weight: 150 gram(s)
Country or Area: Japan
Ishifuku (Japan) manufactured unusual "Yin-Yang" gold bars from 1993 until 2001. The pair of innovative kidney-shaped bars depicts the Yen religious symbol representing the harmony of opposites. Each bar weighs 150 g.


Bone Bars
Bar Weight: 100 gram(s)
Country or Area: Brazil
Degussa (Brazil) manufactured a range of innovative gold bars in an unconventional "bone" shape in 1982. The Industry Collection includes a 100 g bar.


Coiled Bars
Bar Weight: from 0.5 g to more than 100 g gram(s)
Country or Area: India
Crude "coiled" gold bars, in the shape of finger rings or bangles, have been popular in India for investment purposes for decades, not least over the period 1963-1990, when it was illegal for Indians to own gold in the form of standard bars, but not illegal to own "jewellery". To facilitate their tradability, the coiled bars normally have precise weights, ranging from 0.5 g to more than 100 g. They are normally cut from cast strips of gold and then coiled.


Plate bars
Purity: Minimum gold purity:99.5%
Country or Area: Turkey
Some refiners manufacture large quantities of "plate" gold bars, which are cut from a thick strip of rolled gold into irregular weights, normally for use by fabricators. The Industry Collection includes plate bars from Turkey.The gold purity is 99.5%. The bars, which bear the official stamp of the refiner, can weigh more than 1000 g.


Garimpo Dore' Bars
Bar Weight: from 18 g to 148 g gram(s)
Purity: purity varies from 68% to 95%.
Country or Area: Brazil
"Garimpo" dor¨¦ gold bars are made by garimpeiros, Brazilian peasants who mine gold independently or in small groups. Garimpo cast bar weights in the Industry Collection range from 18 g to 148 g.