Wall Street Journal - Palladium

[sylvesterii]

interesting article today. Wall Street Journal Article

http://users1.wsj.com/lmda/do/checkLogin?mg=wsj-users1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB117133302467906702.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_nonsub_marketplace


edited to add:
I guess the whole article is only available online to subscribers...

see if you can track down a copy i guess.

 

[starryeyed]

Thanks Sylvesterii - interesting.

I remember an article in the WSJ over the summer that talked about a new stamp for (I think) 525 Platinum. So rather than 950 or 900 or Irid., this stamp was meant to designate a platinum alloy that was only 52.5% platinum. It said the new platinum alloy was meant to help reduce the cost of a "platinum" piece.

(Someone correct me if I have the stamp and % wrong - the article was a while ago. Thanks.)

 

[Stone Hunter]

It will be interesting to see if this catches on. People have very different ideas about what metals are valuable. I have a friend that considers Sterling Silver to be costume jewelry. Shocked me. So how people percieve this metal will affect it''s catching on.