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I didn't realize that tungsten was as heavy as gold. I always wanted to to hold a gold bar for the same reasons. When I see a picture of someone holding a gold bar, I always wonder if they are struggling much more than apparent because of the insane density (almost 20x that of same volume of water, 3x that of steel). I can't afford the $600K for a gold bar however.


Bank of England museum had a holdable gold bar. And yes, cage around it was probably for prevention of body damage, rather than theft.


Then you'd find this interesting too: there's quite a lot of gold stolen or faked like this:

"Exclusive: Fake-branded bars slip dirty gold into world markets"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gold-swiss-fakes-exclusiv...




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