Deposited gold is melted down and lent out to local goldsmiths at lower rates of interest than that charged for rupee loans.But the scheme has been a flop.
Since the gold foil was melted onto the page edges, though, the pages have a tendency to stick together initially.
The label points out that virtually all Incan gold, thought to be among "the greatest accumulation of gold in history," was melted down, much of it by the Incas when the Spanish ransomed their king, the rest by the Spanish, who took the ransom and killed the king.
Cooking for Carats Raw gold at the mint was melted and refined to remove impurities.
During the 1645-51 civil war, almost every silver and gold object in the country was melted down or smashed.
White Russian gold was transported to Tallinn from St Petersburg and on to Stockholm, where it was melted down and sold.
The edges are dyed red, and gold foil is melted over the red dye, creating an orange-gold hue that lasts longer than painted gold gilt.
In their study two gold electrodes were melted by high temperature caused by plasma discharge and converted into gold nanoparticles.
