Platinum bar 100 grams | Metalor

**Newly cast 100 gram platinum bar from the Swiss LBMA certified refinery Metalor. Metalor platinum bars are recognized worldwide and easily traded due to their "good delivery" status. They contain the highest possible purity of platinum (999,5) and weigh exactly 100 grams.** ### Metalor Metalor is a Swiss refinery that was founded in 1852 by Martin de Pury & Cie under the name ‘Preliminary Rolling Company’. In its early years the factory was mainly specialised in gold melting and the production of watch cases. It was not for more than half a century later, in 1918, that the company – that was now taken over by the Société de Banque Suisse - eventually ventured the market of precious metals assaying and production of gold bars. As of today, [Metalor](https://www.argentorshop.be/en/brands/metalor/) Technologies SA is no longer in hands of SBS, but is being run by the Metalor Group, a Swiss holding with branches in 17 countries all over the world. Throughout the years the company has turned into one of the biggest players in the precious metals business with one of the most advanced refineries in the whole world. ### Good Delivery Metalor is an LBMA (London Bullion Market Association) certified refinery and produces therefore silver bars with a good delivery status. Only the refineries that comply with the essential requirements to trade on the London market are accredited by the LBMA and consequently registered on the LBMA Good Delivery List.In a nutshell, it implies that the refinery:+ Has to have a net worth of £15.000.000+ Has to process more than 10 tons of gold per year+ Has to process more than 30 tons of silver per year ### Tradability Metalor platinum bars are globally recognised and easily traded due to their ‘good delivery’ label. You can resell your Metalor platinum bar(s) at Argentor Essayeurs, as well as currency exchange offices, banks and other precious metal traders, both domestically as abroad. ### Buying a 100 gram Metalor platinum bar Metalor platinum bars serve perfectly as a purchase of physical platinum but do take into account that buying platinum bars is not preferable for private customers. **21% VAT will always be charged because platinum is seen as an industrial good, in stead of an investment product.** **That is why platinum bars are not interesting for private customers; they will never be able to reclaim the VAT they initially payed.** Individuals can choose to invest in [platinum that is stored in a VAT-free zone](https://www.argentorshop.be/en/buy-platinum-and-palladium/buy-vat-free-platinum/); this eliminates VAT costs, and you only pay storage and insurance fees. ### Selling a 100 gram Metalor platinum bar You are more than welcome in our office to sell your Metalor platinum bar(s) of 100 grams. **You needn't make an appointment to do so.**Our buying prices are adapted every minute to actual platinum rate and will only be hedged once you present the platinum bar(s) in our office. **You can easily check our live buying rates on [this page](https://www.argentorshop.be/en/sell-platinum-palladium-coins-and-bars).**