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Granted, the name means "little silver." Is the element in fact stronger than pure iron in pure form? A trident of gold may in fact be ornamental as the element had yet to be discovered.

Granted the element's density, such a functional utensil, granted of characteristic thinness should be possible.

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Price Of Platinum Versus Gold

For most of its comparatively much shorter history, platinum has been more valuable than gold. But recently platinum prices have fallen considerably behind those of gold. Doesn't that introduce a security risk, by enabling the relatively easy and very profitable (at current prices) faking of gold bullion, especially the larger bars? Since platinum is denser than gold, it can be combined with silver (say) to make an alloyed core that has the exact same density as gold, while being much cheaper. This core could then be encased in pure gold and the whole sold off as an ingot of high purity gold. Isn't this a concern? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.168.78.24 (talk) 07:37, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Answering my own question here: YES, it is (should be) a concern! See https://www.chards.co.uk/blog/fakes-forgeries-and-counterfeit-gold-coins-and-sovereigns/167 in the paragraph titled Platinum Forgeries, where the account is given of people falsifying gold coins in a similar manner (but using copper instead of silver as i suggested above), and note especially where it says that the practice only subsided when platinum's price rose close to or above that of gold. Now, if it can be done, to a profit, with coins, it can certainly be done, to a much larger profit, with gold bars and such. (Thanks to the anonymous user posting in the section Gold in the archive of this talk page for the link.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.168.78.24 (talk) 07:53, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Without reliable sources discussing this, there is nothing to add to the article. - SummerPhD^v2.0 19:56, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Link to reliable source had already been posted above, unless you only find reliable the shit you dream up with your eyes closed.