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Valued Member
Canada
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I second that and thanks for posting. If you ever want to sell it PM me, I would be interested in buying it.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Ah the VISA by JM Olympic bar.
This was considered a huge flop at the time, and is part of a set. The mintage of this oval round is 1500-2500 range.
If you want this bar gone, I have buyers that will pay $125 + for this bar alone, just shoot me a PM
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Valued Member
Canada
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Lol, and I was ready to over 80 bucks for it. Would lvoe to throw that bar in the vault.
Getting the itch to buy some more Engelhard and Jm bars tonight.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Leave it to you rich Canadians to rain on a poor old Yank's parade. I was steeling myself and getting ready to offer $65 or maybe $75 -- HA,HA! Oh well...
Amaths--Looks like the moral of this story is don't cut this one loose unless you don't have any money to buy food with!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Lol it's actually rich Americans.
I have this bar, and set. But I have a slew of good old Yank's I sell JM and Engelhard bars too, and a few of them have this bar on there major want list.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Thanks guys so much for all the information and interest. Unfortunately I wasn't planning to sell this bar, rare or not. I don't think this flop is going anywhere but stuck with me for a number of years, if not forever. It fits nicely in my humble collection. And you guys made my day. You know, finally, one of the few things I own can be called collectible. :)
@swrbxxx: Now I am curious about the set. How is the packaging like? Did it come with a COA? Was the bar sealed originally? What else was in the set?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
834 Posts |
These bars came sealed originally, though most ended up being taken out by vendors.
There is 6 to the set all with different companies on the back.
It was kind of like olympic pins but instead silver rounds where you had to buy them through different vendors.
Neat and rare piece!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
572 Posts |
Sweet! Were all 6 minted by JM for different companies?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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All by JM
At the time these bars were pressed, JM was the go to company, as engelhard (biggest competition) stopped pressing silver bullion in 1986
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
572 Posts |
Cool! Loving the stories behind it!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
834 Posts |
Its a show piece thats for sure, even in Canada these bars rarely come up!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
572 Posts |
I figured that much. I was almost going to say that the hunt is on. :)
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Valued Member
Canada
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Nice bar Amaths, thanks for posting, very interesting. also nice to know you got a great deal instead of paying more than you should have.
swrbxxx, if you could post pictures of the set I think quite a few of us would love to see it.
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Valued Member
United States
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Very nice piece Amaths. I wish I could find some of these myself.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I never thought I would see Visa on bullion.
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