/biz/ - Business & Finance

sup /pmg/. i'm a silvertard who's been getting back into stacking (honestly because of all the hype) and while shopping around a bunch of different sites, i found something i had never seen before.

ruthenium? what the hell is this. black silver? i loooked up how much an oz of it is, and it's around $500 an oz. however all the coins and bars i see sold as "1 oz ruthenium" are around $80. so what gives? are they just silver bars coated with this material? what's the point then? also, apparently this material is toxic to even touch, so double wtf, what is ruthenium about and do any of you collect this? i don't understand how selling toxic silver bars could be a good idea. sure they look cool as hell but, what the fuck?