Post your silver bar collections

Discussion in 'Bullion Investing' started by mpcusa, Dec 25, 2017.

  1. asheland

    asheland The Silver Lion

    I love those poured 10oz JM bars! I'll post my Engelhard here as soon as I am able. :)
     
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  3. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    One thing that i,am finding out now is that the poured 10 OZ bars are different
    sizes, yes there all 10 OZ by weight but the dimensions are really different, heres what iam talking about.

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  4. asheland

    asheland The Silver Lion

    As promised: :)
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  5. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    Just got this one in from the bay today has a population of less then >2000 plus
    I was able to get at an excellent price the cooling holes by the JM logo i thought
    were really cool :)


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  6. Garlicus

    Garlicus Debt is dumb, cash is king.

    The poured bars are cool, and all, but are they worth the extra premium? They appear to be going for about $1 more per ounce than ASEs.
    Not knocking them, just inquiring. I would assume that there is a smaller market of people willing to pay the extra premium for them.
     
  7. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    That,s an excellent question, from strictly an investment point of view it,s not just
    Generic bullion, so you dont just pay your couple dollars over spot and move on
    Johnson Matthey and Engelhard bars are highly valued both in bright and shiny
    and poured with populations on the lower side of the fence, but any premium that
    you pay will be easily recoverable as the populations again are low and many people
    Collect these, just depends on your individual investing requirements are ?
     
  8. asheland

    asheland The Silver Lion

    These older bars definitely have a numismatic value. They can go for multiples of their metal value.
     
  9. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    I like the unique nature of poured, every bar is the same but different :)
     
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  10. asheland

    asheland The Silver Lion

    Very true. Even the newer poured bars have character.
     
  11. LakeEffect

    LakeEffect Average Circulated Supporter

    I don't know the history behind this one. It looks like it could be recovered & recycled industrial or other scrap silver. Does anyone recognize the markings?
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  12. rte

    rte Well-Known Member

    As long as I was diving down to the shipwreck storage area to take a picture of the Engelhard bar I figured I'd fill up the picture with some USVI & A Mark bars.
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  13. Galen59

    Galen59 Gott helfe mir

    why do you all think it's worth more than silver melt?
     
  14. rte

    rte Well-Known Member

    Serious collectors will pay a premium, :greedy:
    But you have to be serious :p.
     
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  15. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    If your buying generic silver, rounds, bars and such your looking at melt, however
    Many so called Art bars demand significant premiums because of what they are
    or represent.
     
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  16. asheland

    asheland The Silver Lion

    I just got this last night:
    New, but poured. I like. :)
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  17. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    Cool ripples :)
     
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  18. asheland

    asheland The Silver Lion

    Got a few more Engelhard bars:
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  19. dwhiz

    dwhiz Collector Supporter

    This is it TRANSCONTINTAL RAILROAD ART BAR 1a-vert.jpg Silver Bar 1d-vert.jpg moose bar a.jpg
     
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  20. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    So are you collecting the series ?

    There are about 19 in the JM 10 OZ category, but i have seen a few that arent listed
    I figure i could probably get about 10-12 if they were available but there are a few
    with >25 Populations if they ever did come up, the price would be super high !
     
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  21. rte

    rte Well-Known Member

    Here is another example for Galen.
    I ran across these USVI bars on a listing years ago for $45ea
    I couldn't find much information about them, so I asked The wife if I should buy all 4?
    That went over well.
    The next day I was able to snag the last one, today they are bringing $100ea.
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