Bar made of noble metal, and production method

Abstract

A bar of noble metal or an alloy containing noble metal having a mass mB is subdivided into n×m miniature bars 2, 3 each having a specified mass mk, wherein n and m each denote an integer ≧2, there being an interconnection of solid material ( 8 ) between directly adjacent miniature bars ( 2, 3 ). Another bar is affixed to a backing ( 13 ), to which the miniature bars are releasably attached. A method for the production of the bar consists in dividing up the same while leaving an interconnection of solid material or producing an arrangement thereof on a backing.

1 . A bar of noble metal or an alloy containing noble metal having a mass mB, the bar being subdivided into n×m miniature bars each having a specified mass mk, wherein n and m each denote an integer ≧2 and directly adjacent miniature bars include an interconnection of solid material therebetween. 
     
     
         2 . The bar according to  claim 1 , wherein the interconnection of solid material has a predetermined break point. 
     
     
         3 . The bar according to  claim 1 , wherein a backing is attached to an underside of the bar. 
     
     
         4 . The bar according to  claim 1 , wherein the interconnection of solid material is part of a depression formed in the bar. 
     
     
         5 . The bar according to  claim 4 , wherein there is a depression on a top surface and a depression thereto on an underside and that the interconnection of solid material is set at a distance from the top surface and from the underside of the bar. 
     
     
         6 . A bar of noble metal or an alloy containing noble metal having a mass mB, the bar being subdivided into n×m miniature bars each having a specified mass mk, where n, m each denote an integer ≧2 and a backing is attached to an underside of the bar and the miniature bars are peripherally spaced all round from adjacent miniature bars and are attached exclusively to the backing. 
     
     
         7 . The bar according to  claim 6 , wherein the miniature bars are separated from each other by a depression penetrating the bar down to the backing. 
     
     
         8 . The bar as defined in  claim 7 , wherein the depression is impressed. 
     
     
         9 . A method for production of a bar including noble metal or an alloy containing noble metal having a mass mB, the method comprising:
 dividing the bar into n×m miniature bars each having a specified mass mk, wherein n and m each denote an integer ≧2; and   interconnecting directly adjacent miniature bars by solid material.   
     
     
         10 - 14 . (canceled)