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This is most certainly not a one off thing. Counterfeiting is not a part-time job or a one-time contract. It's a full-time job and there are most certainly more fake bars out there than you can imagine. But most people don't test their stuff and I imagine some don't even take them out of their boxes. If you read the article carefully, it goes to say that the Mint had previously an insider that stole golden nuggets, about $160k worth of them and the Mint never became aware of it. It's actually a bank teller than sounded the alarm. This guy was stealing from the inventory like no tomorrow. This means no one was actually checking the inventory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHuJa_gnTgg Here's a video of the event