A gold bar purchased in Ottawa that turned out to contain no gold did not come from the Royal Canadian Mint, the Crown corporation said Tuesday. "Counterfeiting of Royal Canadian Mint products is extremely rare and this is an isolated case," the statement continued. According to the statement, the mint tests all its gold products to ensure they're 99.99 per cent pure. 'Canadian Gold Bar 1 OZ .9999 Premium Gold' for sale on wish.com for the impossible price of $13 Cdn. Isaacs said the fake gold bar purchased in Ottawa last month probably wasn't even made in Canada.

Source: CBC News October 31, 2017 21:56 UTC