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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1970 Silver Art, post: 1124035, member: 18828&quot;]Elvis has entered CoinTalk.....................</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/COScollect/GreenCountryElvisFront.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/COScollect/GreenCountryElvisBack.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/COScollect/GreenCountryElvisSide.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is a 1-oz &quot;From Graceland to the Promised Land&quot; silver art bar (GCM-10).&nbsp; It was minted in 1978 by the Green Country Mint.&nbsp; The mintage number for this particular art bar is 100.&nbsp; Serial #34 (of 100).&nbsp; I won this auction on ebay last Sunday and it came in the mail today.&nbsp; I paid a total price of $131.00 for this silver art bar (spot silver was $35.67 at that time).&nbsp; This bar is in excellent shape and it has a proof finish look to it.&nbsp; It is hard to see on the third picture but there are some symbols on the side of this bar.&nbsp; The serial number is on the right.&nbsp; There is also a &quot;P&quot; symbol.&nbsp; I think that stands for Proof.&nbsp; There is a &quot;78&quot; symbol which represents the mint year.&nbsp; This art bar did not come in an airtite but I happen to have one that fits perfectly.&nbsp; I am very happy to have a Green Country Mint art bar in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>This silver art bar is very hard to find locally.&nbsp; I spent over 2 years trying to find any Green Country Mint silver art bars locally at various local coin dealers and at several coin shows and I had absolutely no luck finding one locally.&nbsp; From what I have seen, these Green Country Mint silver art bars rarely come up for bidding on ebay.&nbsp; If there are any Green Country Mint art bars on ebay, they are usually sold at BIN prices and those BIN prices range from $189.00 to $224 (and up).&nbsp; The reason that these bars have a very high premium over spot is because the mintage numbers are very low.&nbsp; Mintage numbers for Green Country silver art bars range from 50 to 150.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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