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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;E Pluribus Unum, post: 3163106, member: 74265&quot;]I did pay a bit of a premium - nothing outstanding.&nbsp; I have several old Engelhard bars that I purchased years back.&nbsp; I thought it would be nice to consolidate the bars into one album.&nbsp; The Sunshine bars have the security feature which reveals the word VALID when a plastic &quot;decoder&quot; is placed upon it.&nbsp; The decoder doesn&#039;t work when the bars are encased in plastic.&nbsp; So what is the point of the security feature if removing the bars out of the plastic lowers its value?</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, is the increased premium due to its collectors value?&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen many Engelhard &quot;older bars&quot; (1980&#039;s) selling on eBay for <b>well over</b> spot.&nbsp; Even on the websites of online dealers, older-year bullion is selling (in some cases) with an unusually elevated premium.&nbsp; I am not buying silver for collecting purposes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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