World's greatest gold bar collection has new home in Perth

5/4/04
The world's greatest collection of gold investment bars will today go on permanent display at the Perth Mint.
The Perth Mint is now the official location for the International Gold Bar Exhibition, which includes more than 120 dazzling samples from around the world.
Although the exhibition had been seen by thousands of people, it is a first-time showcase for Australian audiences.

The exhibition included an array of decorative and innovative gold bars, gold nuggets, coins, jewellery and gold industrial items.
A gold pig bar, a stunning Indian wedding jewellery set, individual 'yin and yang' bars, cartoon bars and hologram bars are among the more unusual pieces in the collection.
Government Enterprises Minister Nick Griffiths said many of the samples of gold included in the exhibition represented important historical events.
"The paper-thin Vietnamese gold leaf bars in the exhibition were much sought after by boat people fleeing war-ravaged Vietnam," Mr Griffiths said.
"Western Australia is indeed fortunate to have secured the world-acclaimed exhibition for permanent public display and it is a credit to the initiative of the Perth Mint and the State."
The International Gold Bar Exhibition also denotes the evolution of gold, with a display of gold-bearing ore through to replica Roman gold bars and modern technological items containing gold.
The exhibition belongs to a global collection of more than 700 gold investment bars and ancillary items, worth many millions of dollars.
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