Engelhard Silver Bars

Ben, Engelhard Corp was bought by BASF Chemicals sometime in the summer of 06
and they no longer have a website obviously. And yes you could buy silver bars
from them if you were a member of certain trade groups. Kinda like standing outside
a Ford plant and buying autos right off the line if you know what I mean.

If you put more specifics down on what you are looking for I'd be happy to give you
my opinion on where/what/who for buying.

Jerry

---John Engle died this past summer---

Twenty cent:
I was looking for pure .9999 Silver Bars. I was thinking that 1 or 2 10 TR OZ. bars would be good. I don't need anything large like a 100 or 1,000 TR OZ. Also, I would prefer if they were uncirculated. But I would like to get them directly from the source brand new instead of used bars from ebay.
-Ben

Would Sunshine Minting and Wall Street Mint bars be considered "high quality"?

And I think that I should have said brand new instead of uncirculated. Because some of the ones that I have seen have had dings/marks and were also discolred.

Now I know that you should never clean coins, but would it be considered acceptable to clean silver bars with silver polish?

Thank you in advance, and sorry for all of the questions.
-Ben

Gold, if bright and shiny isn't absolutely critical, you might consider this. I have been buying silver bars at estate auctions selling coins for a long time. Typically they are only one troy ounce and yes they are aged and at times have a few dings, but I always get them well below the current melt price. Unlike coins, their is no collector sentimentality only investment purposes, so no one is bidding them up. I generally can get them for about 90% of spot. Yes, they are not quite as pretty, but they are worth the same and bullion is always bullion. It is simply an investment vehicle.
Jim

Are you looking for mark free bars from the collector standpoint or for the bullion?


Jerry

If you are looking for collector/value look for the odd sized bars 2 to 5 oz. I usally get them at spot + .25 at a local shop.
If I ever need to sell, E-Bay assigns a pretty good premium for these.
do a search for "silver bar 3" or "silver bar 5" and compare the sell price with the spot price. you can also figure out what bars have an
collector following this way.

There is no collector intrest in the 10 oz. bar. The (buying) dealer will not pay extra for "pretty". But if thats what you want, by all means go for it.


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