Valcambi Gold Kilo Bar

Valcambi Suisse has a prestigious global brand recognition that goes back 50 years. One look at the impressive Valcambi Gold Kilo Bar and you’ll see why Valcambi Suisse has built such a strong reputation. They are one of the most trusted producers of bullion gold bars in the world.

What is a Cast Bar?

Cast bars have the unadorned look of something natural and are created strictly for utilitarian purposes. It is a block of gold waiting to be transformed into something else. There is no fancy illustration or design work. There’s only a simple stamp describing details of content, its weight, and the manufacturer. Since the cast gold bars are cheaper to make than those that are minted, premiums are lower. This makes cast bars attractive to those who want to invest in gold based on weight.

About the Valcambi Gold Kilo Bar

The bar itself is a symbol of immense power. The gold color is vibrant, rich, and luminescent. The high-quality finish creates a smooth-to-the-touch surface with rounded edges. Valcambi Gold Kilo Bars epitomize the kind of gold metal product investors want. Its tremendous weight offers a significant store of value. Since cast gold bars have a less complex production process, these bars have one of the lowest premiums above the spot price of gold. It is truly the best way to purchase this quantity of precious metal. The 1-kilo weight is a perfect asset class for storing a significant amount of value. Gold is a hedge against inflation.

All products from Valcambi come with an assay card guaranteeing that bar has been tested and analyzed and meets gold purity standards.

The Valcambi Suisse brand, weight, purity, and metal content are the only engravings. They are on the obverse side of the bar. Your bar is delivered with its own unique serial number and date of issue.

What is an Assay

Valcambi Gold Kilo Bars come with an assay, which is a way of analyzing the purity of a metal product by testing its composition. Results of that analysis are documented on an assay card. In the cast of Valcambi, the purity must always be .9999 for it to be released to the market. The assay must ensure that the precious metal content meets the mint’s requirements and standards.

Each Valcambi Gold Kilo Bar is packaged inside a plastic assay card.

The History of Valcambi

Nestled on the slopping landscape of alpine pastures, the Valcambi Metals Refining company was built in May of 1961 under the name Valori & Cambi. It was started by 5 Swiss entrepreneurs who wanted to get into the precious metals business. In the case of Valori & Cambi, they knew from the onset, they wanted to create precious metal products of only the highest grade possible. Mining operations were expensive. They knew the success of the whole endeavor rested on the assay results of the ore and the precious metal grade.

Refineries separate and purify precious metals to increase their grade and purity.
After a few challenging years of operation, the refinery began to get noticed. They changed their name to Valcambi in 1967, the same year Credit Suisse bought 50% of the refinery. Credit Suisse purchased another 30% stake in the operations the following year. Today, Valcambi is the world’s largest precious metals refiner and refines more gold than any other refinery.