Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1970 Silver Art, post: 1419854, member: 18828&quot;]It varies on the type of silver art bars that I am looking for.&nbsp; For example, most Coca-Cola silver art bars that I have seen at the local dealers and at the coin shows are selling for a premium that is higher than their typical .999 generic premiums.&nbsp; That premium can vary from $5 to $12 over spot for the most common ones and much higher than that for harder-to-find Coca-Cola bars.&nbsp; If a person can buy a Coca-Cola bar for less than $10 over spot, then I consider that a decent premium for a Coca-Cola bar in my opinion but that can be hard to do unless you buy one from a dealer who treats all .999 silver the same.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for most of the common-minted &#039;70&#039;s silver art bars (Madison, Hamilton, Mother-Lode, Holiday-themed, etc.), I see the LCS and coin show dealers selling those for .999&nbsp; generic silver premium.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If there is a rare art bar that it being sold at a local dealer or sold at a coin show (from a &quot;non-collector&quot; dealer), then it is usually sold for .999 generic silver premiums because the dealer probably does not know (nor care) about collector value.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, silver art bars (except for Coca-Cola) that are sold locally and at coin shows by non-collector dealers are treated (and priced) as .999 generic silver.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I will eventually remove my &quot;disclaimer&quot; from my sig. line but I do not want to do that quite yet since I am still learning about the various silver art bars that I see displayed elsewhere by other collectors.&nbsp; There are several silver art bar collectors that are more knowledgeable and more experienced than I am and I consider them to be the true experts of the silver art bar hobby and I am just a &quot;student&quot; that is still learning.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in