Palladium is one of the precious metals of the platinum group, see Platinum Price, and has a wide and diverse range of industrial applications in addition to bullion and coin usages.

It is a charcoal gray form of platinum found in mostly in Russia, South Africa and North America.

Palladium has many of the same properties as platinum such as its resistance to corrosion and versatile applications in jewelry designs. Pieces made with Palladium bear the hallmarks of Pd950 or Pd500.

Like gold and silver, this rare precious metal is minted into bullion for investment purposes, and can also be used as the basis for custom coins. This metal comes from refiner Johnson Matthey in strip form ready for blanking by Northwest Territorial Mint.

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