Industry Information

This section initiates a program to provide information on historical gold bars, manufactured mainly by refiners (past and present) accredited to the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA).

SUPPLEMENTS – Historical Gold Bars

Europe

02 – 2013 Degussa AG – Germany (PDF 149kb)
04 – 2009 Johnson Matthey PLC – United Kingdom (PDF 178kb)

Americas

01 – 2012 United States Mint – USA (PDF 652kb)
10 – 2010 Handy & Harman – USA (PDF 164kb)
09 – 2010 Johnson Matthey Limited – Canada (PDF 108kb)

Historical minted bars

09 – 2008 Homestake Mining Company – USA (PDF 111kb)

General

04 – 2012 Historical Gold Standard 400 oz bars – (PDF 237kb)
Australia – Canada – South Africa – United Kingdom
Historical Feature

Johnson Matthey (Canada) was a major manufacturer of minted gold bars from the 1970s until 2000.

The bars are widely held in the USA and internationally.