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Message:: [QUOTE="1970 Silver Art, post: 904257, member: 18828"]A 1-oz "Star of Wonder" (MEM-33)............. <img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/COScollect/StarWonderFront.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/COScollect/StarWonderBack.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> This art bar was minted in 1973 by the Mount Everest Mint. I bought this yesterday (May 29) at my local coin dealer and I paid $19.87 for it (spot was $18.37 at that time). There is a lot of toning on both sides of this silver art bar. There were 8,875 of these bars minted according to the 4th edition of Archie Kidd's guide book called "An Indexed Guide Book of Silver Art Bars". There are certain Mount Everest Mint art bars that have serial numbers on them but this particular Mount Everest Mint bat does not have any serial number on it.  On the reverse side, under the "Star of Wonder", it looks like it says "M Viquers"(spelling?). I do not know what that means but I am making a guess by saying that it looks like the name of the designer that created the art bar design but I am not very sure on that. The "MEM" ,that is located just under the weight and purity stamp, stands for Mount Everest Mint. It might be hard to see in the second picture but just under the "MEM", it has the copyright symbol with the year 1973 on it.[/QUOTE]