- Investment Gold: Value tracks the gold price
- Since 1845: Tradition from Pforzheim
- Tradable worldwide: recognized everywhere
- Investment GoldValue is based on fine gold and tracks the gold price
- Since 1845Crafted by Germany's oldest refinery
- Tradable worldwideEasily resellable anywhere around the globe at any time
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Heimerle + Meule · Pforzheim
Gold from the Golden City.
It began with the dust of the workshops.
Jewellery has been made in Pforzheim since the 18th century. Wherever there is filing, sawing and polishing, precious metal falls to the floor as fine dust and ends up in the sweepings.
The entrepreneur Julius Dittler founds a sweepings works, a “Kehretsanstalt”, to recover precious metal from production waste.
1845
This is the year the story of Heimerle + Meule begins. To this day, the date appears in the mark of the house.
Inside the works
From scrap to bar.
The scrap
Jewellery, coins, cutlery, dental gold and industrial residues: from these, the house recovers precious metal today.
The pour
Gold melts at 1,064 degrees Celsius, silver at 962 degrees. The melter pours the molten metal from the crucible into the mould.
The bar
At the end comes the finished bar, bearing its weight and fineness. According to the company, the fine metals used are produced in its own refinery.
A house that carries on.
1945
In ruins
On 23 February an air raid destroys Pforzheim’s town centre. The company’s building is also lost in the war. Afterwards, it makes a fresh start in the premises of a jewellery and watch factory.
1977
The Brötzinger Tal
The company moves out of the town centre to the Brötzinger Tal, a valley that had been filled in after the war, partly with the rubble of the old town. Its headquarters have been there ever since.
2010
Bars for investors
Heimerle + Meule launches its investment products division. Today, bars, boxes and cards for investors are part of its range.
2014
Good Delivery
On 3 June the London Bullion Market Association admits the company to its Good Delivery List, the register of recognised gold refiners. It has remained on the list since that day.
Minted bar
Straight edges, a crisp strike.
Lettering, numbers and symbols stand out sharply on the smooth surface. That is how you recognise a minted bar at first glance.
On the bar
What the marks say.
- 999.9
- The fineness in parts per thousand: out of 1,000 parts, 999.9 are pure gold.
- 1845
- The caster. Since 1933 he has been the emblem of the house. In the round stamp, he stands above the year 1845.
- melter assayer
- The one who melts the metal and the one who tests it. Next to these words stands the mark of the house.
- HEIMERLE + MEULE
- The company has borne this name since the second half of the 19th century.
From dust came a name.
Made to last.
The idea of the sweepings works lives on, too: recovering and refining precious metal has been the heart of the house since its founding.
Manufacturer: Heimerle + Meule GmbH, gold and silver refinery, Dennigstraße 16, Pforzheim.
Compact investment gold from Pforzheim: the 1-gram bar by Heimerle + Meule
- Crisis protection: Especially small gold bars are excellently suited as a means of payment and exchange in times of crisis.
- Investment goal: With gold bars you can very effectively protect your wealth against inflation.
- Value preservation: Gold bars serve as a perfect store of value, safeguarding and preserving the real value of your wealth.
- Protection: Especially in times of inflation, recession and high government debt, you can protect your wealth with gold.
With the 1g gold bar by Heimerle + Meule, you bring genuine gold into your home in its most convenient form. The design with the two crossed hammers and the year 1845 is the personal touch – but the actual substance is the fine gold. Its value is based primarily on the precious metal it contains and moves with the gold price. This is precisely what makes this small bar a fully-fledged piece of investment gold, not merely a decorative item.
Highest purity from Germany's oldest refinery
Heimerle + Meule has been manufacturing precious metal products in Pforzheim, the traditional city of gold, since 1845 – as Germany's oldest gold and silver refinery. The bar bears the clear engraving "HEIMERLE + MEULE", "FINE GOLD" and the fineness 999.9. It is minted, Brilliant Uncirculated (BU), and delivered in a protective coin pouch. Because the company is listed on the LBMA Good Delivery List, its bars enjoy an excellent reputation worldwide and can be easily resold around the globe. This international tradability is a real advantage for a one-gram bar: it is recognised everywhere and always liquid.
Why small denominations are so sought after
Small denominations in gold and silver are among the most popular building blocks for crisis protection. A 1-gram bar fits into any wallet and can easily be taken along when travelling without drawing attention – whether for emergencies at home or far abroad. In uncertain times, divisibility counts: those who spread their wealth across many small units remain flexible and can exchange exactly the amount needed at any given moment. Gold is accepted worldwide as a means of exchange and has never had a value of zero.
Security that has endured for thousands of years
As an inflation hedge and for lasting value preservation, physical gold has proven itself for over 6,000 years. It is the oldest currency in the world, a scarce commodity with limited supply – while fiat money can be printed at will, the amount of gold remains finite. It is no coincidence that central banks themselves hold enormous gold reserves. Compared to gold coins, a minted bar like this one usually carries a low premium over the pure material value, making it an efficient entry point into physical gold investment.
Build your wealth gram by gram: many small amounts of gold add up over the years to a considerable value.
The 1-gram bar is the ideal starting point for anyone who wants to start small and buy more on a regular basis. It also keeps you on the safe side as a gift: giving this for a christening, birthday or Christmas means giving no small token, but genuine investment gold – an asset whose value tracks the gold price. An additional advantage: profits from the sale of physical gold are generally tax-free after a holding period of at least one year. This combines crisis provisioning, inflation protection and long-term value preservation in a single, tangible gram of fine gold.
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