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Valued Member
 United States
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45 10 grams bars. 450 grams. 450/28.35= 15 ounces roughly. 28.35 grams to a ounce. Have 52 ounces of bullion plus the 25 ASE. Bought off a Ret. CMSgt who's legit. The gram bars are the same width & length as the 1 ounces, just the thickness is different. heck yeah silver at almost $20/oz $18 I thought was decent. Even the ASE at $20 a piece were a steal |
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Valued Member
United States
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31.1 g to a Troy ounce, which is how PM's are typically measured.
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Valued Member
United States
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Ah good point Lunch. About 1.4 oz off. Something I ll keep in mind next time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Through what venue did you get these? Not sure I'd trust anyone but the big online bullion dealers (APMEX, JM Bullion, Provident, and a few others). I mostly buy from local coin dealers but I'm not as confident in them as I once was after hearing that one of them got fooled on a filled gold bar. |
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United States
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I'm AD Mil so we generally buy within our group. Or ppl who have been vetted: family members or other service members. So even though I might be stationed in FL (example) I'm still privy to silver around Denver especially with CO having 4 USAF Bases. Pretty much networking at its finest. Basically hoodlums, trash, or ppl that look iffy are no goes. Granted who's to say the original seller sold silver plated bars that passed through many legit ppl. If buying a large quantity from an unknown party I have it acid/weight tested prior to purchase.
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Valued Member
United States
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Had a 16$/oz sale earlier in the week I missed out on. I'm still banging my head against the wall over it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
589 Posts |
your puchase is still sweet. Although I still would do a few small tests on some of the bars for authenticity For even your trusted friends or CO may have unknowingly been sold fake bars.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Okay I hate pushing this issue but here's my question:
There are some "1 gram" bars with a masonic symbol on them. How much do they weigh? I have a feeling they weigh more than 1 gram total, but they could also be almost as thin as paper.
Have you done a magnet and specific gravity test on these....
Sorry my red flags are up on this... I don't like buying anything that isn't listed as .9999 and in troy oz.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3692 Posts |
In my opinion, one gram bars (or anything less than an ounce of silver) are gimmicks.
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Valued Member
United States
61 Posts |
28.35 grams per ozt.? something ain't right here.
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Valued Member
United States
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So I just had the silver tested via the acid/stone/magnet & weighed. Everything was real excepted this big titted libra (should've known) she wasn't real.   The 1 gram, 5 gram and 10 grams all weighed in like they should and the 1 oz bars weighed in with 31 g. even though I did the gram to oz conversion at 28.35 because that's how many grams are in a ounce. Goofed up not inputting "Troy ounce" into the conversion table. Over all at 18$ a ounce still a good haul with money made on my part. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Started to scratch the platting off the libra and copper was revealed. The LCS guy recommended buying a real earth magnet to "help" reduce the fakes. May also buy a acid/stone test kit as well to test the purity of the silver. Talked to Chief poor guy is upset, sent me a check #128580;, but too me if was worth the experience & lesson learned.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Glad it's all legit and worked out for you
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Valued Member
United States
59 Posts |
Thank you Ag. So do I. Reading some of the replies had me skeptical as well.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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If you ever see an old computer that's going to thrown out take it apart.... An earth metal magnet is what runs the hard drive
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