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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Since Silver was on sale today about $27.50 oz at noon today  , I went to local COIN SHOP to see if they had some weird/rare silver bars, I PICKED-UP A SET OF THREE 1976 OLYMPIC 999 SILVER STAMPS. THESE WERE SOLD JUST AS 1/2 OZ SILVER BARS. ON BACK THESE 3 SILVER STAMPS ARE MARKED: CANADA POST, 16 GRAMS, 999 FINE SILVER. fyi... 16 GRAMS = .51 Troy oz silver I just thought this set of (3) 1/2 OZ bars / stamps were cool looking,  instead of buying just a plain 1 oz silver bar. The fancy box was not included, to save time just found a photo of same items on web.  Edited by Penny4Me
05/16/2012 10:12 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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THAT'S the way to buy silver. Much less premiun per ounce.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3670 Posts |
Nice Penny, those sound way cool. The only time I consider under a 1 oz. piece, is in silver loaf or bar form. For example there is a 2/3rd an oz. sterling hand pour on ebay up to like 32 bucks, lol. They love them..... I would love to see some pics of those, love the old Olympic history in coins an never heard or seem them in bar form..... |
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To be honest Kevin all the little imperfections just add to the mystery of the history of the bar. Thanks for the opportunity to trade you for these as like always I think it was a mutually beneficial deal, you know?
Eupion,
I am currently in love with these old "ox head" bars. The weight of the 20 just feels great in your hand. I am currently looking for a 50 and a 100 oz old pour but like you said they are getting fewer it seems.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
745 Posts |
took me a few min. to add pic...it was too big in size to upload at first.
I don't have much money to buy big bars, since GM made me retire last year...
so I like to collect less than 1 oz bars of 999 silver.
still looking for a 1/2 oz stamped engelhard bar!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice! I keep looking for one at my local coin shop. He says he gets them in every once in awhile. With some luck I'll pick one up soon. Thanks for sharing.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Penny4Me, nice pic! Aren't those made by Johnson Matthey & Mallory?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3670 Posts |
Ah, the old J&M&M, before they lost the extra M eh.... Here is a nice old pour rare weight ox., that I would not have bid on even if I would have had the 700 plus required to win it, as it ended at 700. Divide 16 oz., leaving off the meaningless .075 and you get a WHOPPING 43.75 per oz., with silver hangin around $27.50, geeeez. Maybe I should open the shop back up, the bidders are gonna keep pushin them up as they always have, unbelievable..... http://www.ebay.com/itm/13069376561....m1438.l2649Edited by Silverhawk74
05/17/2012 12:22 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Thats funny my friend, if you can see the bid history you will reconize a familiar name :). I wanted that bad but quit on it around $650.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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He he he I saw that, an that is when I would have dropped out to.... Here is the other end of the trade just showed up, pretty blown away with how cool it all is, an the chip assay 2 oz. Goldas bar has come home, lol.... Those stackerz are way cool an I see how buyin them could become an addiction, lol, as is the 1 oz. J & M bars, thanks for the great silver an fast delivery!!   Edited by Silverhawk74
05/17/2012 1:47 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
572 Posts |
Nice bars, Hawk! I understand Engelhard is not producing any silver bars. But I read somewhere that Johnson Matthey is still pouring 100 oz bars nowadays, besides these new 1 ouncers. Am I correct? How about gold? Platinum? I would like to figure out if their fractional gold bars are collectible or not. |
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Pillar of the Community
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My stackers, well at least you know what I buying from you next.
Great trade for both of us again.
Amaths,
Those are the new bars with consecutive serial numbers, pretty cool.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3670 Posts |
Here you go the new ox 20 of the silver old pour family, lol....  Almost appears to have ripples like a river or rings ling the trunk of a tree.... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Interesting to note that Pobox had posted the link with info on the old pour Engelhards, an it seems like it said these old pour 20's have low serial numbers close together, indicating low numbers, of an UNKNOWN pour amount....
Well it may be safe to assume the serial number on the new bar above is 107,697 and the bar I traded TBK has a serial number of what looks like 250,140 which leads me to believe there were at least a quarter million of these guys poured if not more....
If that is all or even just a half million bars, still low numbers from those days an could we assume some have been melted down in the lower bad days of silver?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
572 Posts |
Love the ripples! I tend to believe that many of them didn't survive the melting. Here is another 20 ouncer with 5 digits serial sold at a Canadian dealer: http://colonialacres.com/products.p...w=29952&ref=This type is not listed on that ag web. But I assume it is older than the bull logo ones. |
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