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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AshcraftCoin, post: 579965, member: 17767&quot;]What was the question! LOL</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a lot of info about Engelhard as a company...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelhard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelhard" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelhard</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I just skimmed it, but it doesn&#039;t seem to say when they stopped producing bullion items. I have read that they stopped mass producing silver in the 80s... stands to reason from Wikipedia that it was around 1984ish... as that is when they were &quot;realigned&quot;. Not sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Branding is the key here... they produced products of unquestionable quality and it paid off in the long run. The 1 Oz Engelhard Prospectors were highly popular... kind of similar to Buffalo Rounds now a days... of course, those are usually unbranded.</p><p><br /></p><p>Their name is just really well-known from word of mouth and sheer volume. I would argue that Johnson Matthey and Engelhard are two of the first major brands anyone hears of when they start researching silver bullion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Couple their brand recognition with the demand and competition on eBay... boom... instant premium price. Also, you will have sellers really build up those items sometimes (not always in truth)... with &quot;RARE&quot; &quot;COLLECTORS ITEM&quot; etc... really depends on what context and item you are talking about, but that helps raise the price sometimes too. You know, if you say something enough... it suddenly becomes &quot;true&quot;. Just look at how many people are touting &quot;Hard to find&quot; in their silver auctions... really, there are 15,000 silver bullion auctions on eBay most days! Silver is not that hard to find or buy... you just have take some time to look and have some money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh geez... I got on a little eBay rant there. Sorry. LOL</p><p><br /></p><p>The key... when you can find them, buy them OFF eBay! They are cheaper. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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