Royal Canadian Mint-stamped gold wafer appears to be fake

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Royal Canadian Mint-stamped gold wafer appears to be fake

Post by vlaper » Mon Oct 30, 2017 6:38 pm

To those who invested in Royal Canadian Mint gold - read this article:
"Royal Canadian Mint-stamped gold wafer appears to be fake"
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/fa ... 01?cmp=rss
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Re: Royal Canadian Mint-stamped gold wafer appears to be fake

Post by vlaper » Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:15 pm

Part 2:

Spokesman for the Mint says a phoney gold bar sold to a jeweller by an Ottawa bank is actually a counterfeit.
It is up to the bank to investigate the problem, he said. Read details here:

https://globalnews.ca/news/3833439/otta ... -jeweller/

The spokesman used a nice name - "an Ottawa bank". In fact, the gold bar was sold by a branch of the Royal Bank of Canada, which is the second largest bank in Canada. The bank serves over 16 million clients and has 80,000 employees worldwide....
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