Post Some ENGELHARD Silver Bars

Discussion in 'Bullion Investing' started by mpcusa, Apr 21, 2018.

  1. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    Well i have become a little to impatient with my Johnson Matthey 10 oz bar collection
    as allot of those types of bars come up once every blue moon and usually the price points arent to friendly either...LOL so going to try and do both, was just looking around
    Today and found this gem, nothing super special about it as its a common p-11, however i was able to get it below a generic price which always makes me happy :)
    Most of the time you will pay a premium for the name alone if not your way out in front of the game.


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  3. jtlee321

    jtlee321 Well-Known Member

    I'm not a collector of these, but I see quite a few J&M's and Engelhard bars coming into my favorite local shop. What kind of premiums do they usually have? He typically charges spot + $0.70 per ounce or so. I've seen some really cool ones come in, just have not had the cash for them. He had a really cool 1 kilo J&M just recently.
     
  4. rte

    rte Well-Known Member

    What actually is
    below a generic price ?

    As for jtlee, if you can do an ebay search for sold bars that your local guy has for sale and the spread OR potential profit is worth your time? That might get you into done cheap to free bullion.
     
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  5. Mr Roots

    Mr Roots Underneath The Bridge

    Looks cleaned.
     
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  6. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    It all depends on the shop or online site that your looking at but you will usually find
    a couple different prices, your generic price point, which covers all your investment
    Silver (Bullion only) then you have your designer silver (Bullion Plus), this would generally be bars from Johnson Matthey , Englehard or other well known producer.

    Heres an example from JM Bullion,s website currently selling:

    Generic @ 176.90 (There lowest price per 10 OZ Bar, when buying multiples)

    Designer @ 201.99


    So you can kind of do the math from there on premiums but each shop is different
    But you goal as always is to get the cheapest price :)
     
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  7. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    Below generic is the best possible price, i would say that is pretty close to spot :)
     
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  8. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    Below generic is the best possible price, i would say that is pretty close to spot :)
     
  9. rte

    rte Well-Known Member

    Id have to go dig up a couple silvers and take a picture, how about a gold Engelhard that you don't see everyday.
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  10. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    That.s a nice find, Gold and the Engelhard name :)
     
  11. rte

    rte Well-Known Member

    I paid up for it but not too crazy a number.
    I added it to the AllEnglehard site and there is one in a 2.5 gram weight that I saw years ago, seller was asking $600.
     
  12. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    Asking and realized are two different things, most of the people are insane on what there asking for certain things when it comes to gold and silver bars for me always
    go by rarity, sometimes you have to educate the sellers...LOL
     
  13. asheland

    asheland The Silver Lion

    Unfortunately it does look polished. :( I try to treat these like coins and medals, not to clean or polish them. However, at close to spot I guess it really doesn't matter.
    Nice pick up. :)
     
  14. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    I think that depends on the type of patina, the above bar was in original chrome finish, i have seen allot of different looks on these type of bars from polished and
    In between, i have many poured bars that i have just let the original patina grow
    However if a cast bar is looking nasty in the original packaging i will always remove it and clean it up to a nice luster :)
     
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  15. Mr Roots

    Mr Roots Underneath The Bridge

    So what you are saying is you cleaned the bar in the first post.
     
  16. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    Got a couple more in today ! though the first one is not a Engelhard bar, i have been
    Pursuing a great example for some time now and finally got the opportunity but i
    Though i lost it, was outbid at the last minute and was really ticked off, but to my surprise the seller had another one that he listed and i was able to get that one
    There are a few on ebay but there not near this pristine, got this on for under $200
    With free shipping :)


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  17. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    Here,s another Engelhard i just added to the investment pool !

    From the 3rd Series (Canadian Variation) W/ Bull Logo, the patina on this bar
    Is just amazing !


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  18. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    Just got these in from the bay today:

    Won both of these in the same auction:

    Engelhard 10 OZ and 1 OZ Bars

    Both are considered Tier 2 Bars with less then 5,000 produced, these commercial
    Bars were manufactured for the Gold Standard company


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  19. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

  20. CoinsandBars

    CoinsandBars New Member

    My collection of Englehard bars

    (80) 1 oz bars
    and
    (2) 10 oz bars

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  21. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    Nice bars, so do you collect or invest ? right now trying to build both 10 OZ Engelhard set and a 10 OZ Johnson Matthey set, way more "E",S out there
    Though.
     
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