AbstractA bar of noble metal or an alloy containing noble metal having a mass mB is subdivided into n x m miniature bars 2, 3 each having a specified mass mk, wherein n and m each denote an integer >； 2,there being an interconnection of solid material (8) between di rectly adjacent miniature bars (2, 3). Another bar is affixed to a backing (13), to which the miniature bars are releasably at tached. A method for the production of the bar consists in di viding up the same while leaving an interconnection of solid ma terial or producing an arrangement thereof on a backing.
