Handling device for a valuable article and method for manufacturing a handling device

A method for manufacturing at least one handling device for a valuable article, the valuable article being a precious metal of flat extent, the method comprising:

• providing a carrier element of flat extent that is foldable, rollable, and bendable;
• providing and fixing at least one valuable article to the carrier element;
• applying an optically transparent cover element to the carrier element on at least one side of the carrier element, such that the cover element covers the at least one valuable article and the marking element, and
• applying an analyzable marking element beneath the cover element that is indicative of an origin of the handling device, the marking element being analyzable by at least one of chemical and physical analysis,
• wherein:
• a plurality of handling devices is manufactured such that a multiplicity of carrier elements is provided on a sheet;
• after respective at least one valuable article has been fixed to the respective carrier element, the sheet is divided into individual handling devices;
• and
• the marking element is or comprises an S-DNA element.

A handling device for a valuable article of flat extent, the valuable article being a precious metal, the handling device comprising:

• a carrier element of flat extent comprising a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and
• at least one valuable article fixed to the first side of the carrier element,
• the carrier element being foldable, rollable, and bendable,
• the carrier element having at least one through opening, to a rim of which the at least one valuable article is fixed on a surface of the carrier element, the at least one valuable article extending over the at least one through opening so as to allow recognition of the at least one valuable article from both the first side and the second side of the carrier element,
• at least one transparent cover element that covers the first side of the carrier element and the at least one valuable article on the first side of the carrier element,
• wherein:
• the handling device comprises or forms an analyzable marking element that is applied to the carrier element and is indicative of an origin of the handling device, the marking element being analyzable by at least one of chemical and physical analysis;
• and
• the marking element is or comprises an S-DNA element.