Types Of Gold Bar

If you are in eagerness about types of gold, here an article from goldbarsworldwide.com. Gold bars are classified into two types, dependent on their method of manufacture : cast and minted.

GOLD BAR
A gold bar is broadly defined as a cast or minted gold item, regardless of shape, which is made by a recognized bar manufacturer. It is normally issued at a low premium above the prevailing value of its fine gold content.

Market Value of The Non Diamond Gemstone

Theres a good article about “Understanding the liquidation market value of the non-diamond gemstones”  here, written by David Atlas, a president of D. Atlas & Co.,Inc., partner in Diamond & Gem Laboratories of America and consultant to Imagem, Inc. who also as Expert witness, consumer consultant, lecturer and appraiser.

The conclusion I get from this article is …

How Counterfeiter Make A US$ 100 Banknote

For you who still eager to know about how to make a counterfeit currency, this video would meet yours. This way of producing a counterfeit US$ 100 works as long as peoples don’t check their money once they receive it. This fake has made trough a high tech inkjet printer that can be easily found nowadays and the similar original notes. Eventhough a difference watermark and small mistakes on the print , make it easy to spot this fake notes.

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Central Bank of Indonesia Would Implement Capital Control

Written by NGDlover

Labels :  News of Currency, Money and Fund

Notegolddiamond – A reputable Indonesian business tabloid -KONTAN online- issued a news about Indonesian Central Bank (BI) that who have been frustrated by the outflow and inflow of short term of foreign funds into Indonesia’s financial system, because these short-term funds movement frequently make the exchange rate  staggering. Today, BI is planning regulations or policies aimed at reducing this short time capital flow so that it make Rupiah stronger from the negative effects of short term foreign fund aka hot money, because the negative effects will be damped by the new policy. BI governor Nasution said, “We’ve discussed but not yet taken a decision (application) to do that,” he said after prayers in Friday at Masjid Baitul Ichsan Complex Bank Indonesia, Jakarta, Friday (11 / 6).

Being A Jewelry Appraiser By Using Jewelry Appraisal Software

Written by : NGDlover
Labels/Categories : Jewelry Info, Close To Diamond

Notegolddiamond – hhmm, I never think about it before…but this software`s purpose is awesome. There is a website that avail a software about how to become a good jewelry appraisal. The GemGuide Appraisal Software (GAS) claimed that they are the fastest jewelry appraisal software available. It is designed for speed in the way all the modules work. For most appraisals you can simply make choices from drop down menus which avoids typing and increases speed and efficiency.　OK,  lets take a look to their explanation from a newbie point of view.

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Penambangan Emas Rakyat Rawan Pencemaran Merkuri

Mendulang dan mencuci untuk mendapatkan emas butuh waktu yang cukup lama, disamping melelahkan dan butuh pengalaman/keahlian. Itulah sebabnya di daerah yang banyak terdapat penambangan emas rakyat, mereka memilih menggunakan air raksa atau merkuri (Hg). Meskipun harganya mahal (sekitar 300 ribu atau lebih per ons), tetapi mempercepat proses pencucian emas hingga sekitar satu jam saja. Inilah alasan kenapa di dareah di mana terdapat penambangan emas rakyat di  situlah juga menjadi sumber pencemaran merkuri.

Sedikit Fakta Tentang Harga Rapaport

Artikel ini saya tulis setelah membaca artikel mas Wiryo, salah satu ahli  berlian dan emas yang eksis online. Dengan ditambah sedikit cuplikan dari beberapa sumber lainnya. Semoga memberi pencerahan meski sedikit , CMIIW …..:)

Seputar Cara Dan Peralatan Mendulang Emas

Teman saya disini, Pak Budi, seseorang yang memiliki pengalaman dalam bidang pendulangan emas, meskipun kecil-kecilan. Dia pernah ke beberapa lokasi termasuk di hometown saya di propinsi Lampung tepatnya di sekitar Way Kanan.

Saat ini pak Budi sedang mencari beberapa peralatan pendulangan emas untuk memulai kembali “hobby” nya tersebut. Sebenarnya peralatan – peralatan semacam ini banyak dijumpai secara online, baik di Amazone, Ebay ataupun toko2 online lainnya. Selama ini saya baru iseng2 cari di Fukuoka ini dan hasilnya ….nol besar, mungkin karena mendulang emas tidak pernah masuk dalam kamus kehidupan bangsa Jepang ya…

Lalu saya coba ke Mbah Google dan menemukan beberapa artikel menarik tentang pendulangan emas ini. Muncullah ide membuat artikel versi Indonesia (dan Inggris) yang lengkap atau setidaknya memadailah untuk siapa saja mempelajari cara mendulang emas dengan berbagai peralatannya. Bagi yang tidak ingin mendulang ? lumayan untuk tambahan pengetahuan tentang seputar emas yang dimilikinya.

Sejauh yang saya tahu, kategori dasar dalam peralatan pendulangan emas adalah sebagai berikut :
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Equipment For Small Scale (Recreational) Gold Mining

As long as I know, the basic categories of equipment for recreational or small scale gold mining is :

* Gold Panning – Process to washing the dirt off the gold by using pan. How to panning gold here

* Sluice Boxes – Sluice boxes are a further improvement over gold panning. It is  simple and  and more better then simply panning. A sluice box channels water from a river or stream over gravel and allow a single miner to vastly increase his daily production compared to the amount of sand or gravel that a miner can wash with a pan. Further explanation here

* Gold Metal Detector –  Gold detectors increased the possibility of discovering gold deposits which were too low grade to have been recognized by  using only a gold pan or sluice box. These are not simply metal detectors because its purpose is detecting gold that are fine tuned to detect even small amounts of gold at much greater depths than a normal metal detector, and to rule out false hits from other sources.
There is also an underwater gold detector that make you confident to look for gold inside water

* Gold Dredges – allows the prospector to penetrate areas that were otherwise impossible to reach with heavier and more cumbersome equipment.

Brief ‘How To Invest In Gold’

Labels/Categories : Understanding Gold , Gold Investment

Investment is the employment of fund on assets with the aim of earning income or capital appreciation. ( Arthur O’ Sullivan ,Economics: Principles in action, Pearson Prentice Hall). In my humble opinion, base on this term of investment, I think the list of “seven ways to invest in gold” by Forbes is have to become nine ways, with addition ‘Excellent Gold Jewelry’ and ‘Digging For Gold’.

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