A BAR MADE 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 DIRECTLY ADJACENT MINIATURE BARS (2, 3). ANOTHER BAR IS AFFIXED TO A BACKING (13), TO WHICH THE MINIATURE BARS ARE RELEASABLY ATTACHED. A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE BAR CONSISTS IN DIVIDING UP THE SAME WHILE LEAVING AN INTERCONNECTION OF SOLID MATERIAL OR PRODUCING AN ARRANGEMENT THEREOF ON A BACKING. FIG. 1