The General

silver bar

 

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Wasn't there something else about that bar?
An extra A?
Western and Atlantic Railroad 1972 Madison Mint.

 

@rte
Good question, I don't know.

 

Nice Silver bar!

 

I have one someplace. There was an error on the train when first released. I'll try to dig up the history.

Z

 

Everyone I see has the error.
Hmmm,

 

Everyone CLAIMS they have the error, but they don't. The error was the first issued bars used the wrong train. The General has two sets of drive wheels. This is the error bar. Only one set of drive wheels.






Now I need to find mine.


Z

 

Here is a better image from the interwebz.

Z

 

Nice looking silver bar and a great design
you can go wrong with a train.

 

I'll clean up my terminology for @dwhiz .

The correct General is a 4-4-8.

The error General is a 4-2-4.

Easy to distinguish them apart. Back when this mistake hit the numismatic news, folks were paying upwards of $50 to get one. That was when silver was under $10 an ounce.

I should have sold mine then.

Z

 

@ZoidMeister
The General is a 4-4-0 Steam Locomotive it's on display at

• The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
• 2829 Cherokee St, Kennesaw, GA, 30144 US

https://www.american-rails.com/general.html

 

@ZoidMeister
I found some on the bay...still high prices, I did find this one for a lot less.

 

Sure, but as long as you stay off the rails, you're usually fine.