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Precious metals are rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical elements of high economic value.

Precious metals, particularly the noble metals, are more corrosion resistant and less chemically reactive than most elements.

They are usually ductile and have a high lustre.

Historically, precious metals were important as currency but are now regarded mainly as investment and industrial raw materials.

Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium each have an ISO 4217 currency code.

A bullion coin (also known as a Specie) is a coin struck from highly refined precious metal (bullion) and kept as a store of value or an investment rather than used in day-to-day commerce.

A bullion coin is distinguished by its weight (or mass) and fineness on the coin.

Unlike rounds, bullion coins are minted by government mints and have a legal tender face value.

Bullion coins can have fineness ranging from 91.9% (22 karat) to 99.99% purity (24 karat).

Bullion is non-ferrous metal that has been refined to a high standard of elemental purity.

The term is ordinarily applied to bulk metal used in the production of coins and especially to precious metals such as gold and silver.

It comes from the Anglo-Norman term for a melting-house where metal was refined, and earlier from French, "boiling".

Although precious metal bullion is no longer used to make coins for general circulation, it continues to be held as an investment with a reputation for stability in periods of economic uncertainty.

To assess the purity of gold bullion, the centuries-old technique of fire assay is still employed, together with modern spectroscopic instrumentation, to accurately determine its quality.

Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au and atomic number 79.

In pure form, it is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal.

Chemically, gold is a transition metal, a group 11 element, and one of the noble metals.

It is one of the least reactive chemical elements being second lowest in the Reactivity series.

It is a solid under standard conditions.