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I just ordered a 100 Oz bar update: it arrived!

kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,577 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited August 28, 2018 3:08PM in Precious Metals

I’ve wanted one since I was a young teenager and saw one at a coin show. It’s a RCM .9999 pressed bar from Apmex. $1576 out the door. I can’t wait to get it!

Update. It arrived a few days ago. It’s so much fun to hold!

"I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.

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  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats on your first brick!!

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,231 ✭✭✭✭✭

    100oz bars are sweet! You'll love it!
    Be sure to post pictures!

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  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yay, congratulations !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • CRH4LIFECRH4LIFE Posts: 849 ✭✭✭✭

    Nice!!! Keep us uodated upon its arrival. My brother has thought about going through them on his first big purchase on siver

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow... that is one big lump of silver. I have not considered one of that size... for accumulation of silver, I have felt that the smaller bars would be more liquid in times of need. Cheers, RickO

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,365 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They're awesome, as door stops. The walls won't get damaged by the knobs slamming into them. You'll see.

  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,577 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    Wow... that is one big lump of silver. I have not considered one of that size... for accumulation of silver, I have felt that the smaller bars would be more liquid in times of need. Cheers, RickO

    It is pretty impractical for a smaller bullion buyer like me— I only have 82 ounces, now 182, and most will be in this bar. It’s for investment, sure, but mostly for fun.

    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Weiss, that’s a hernia waiting to happen. Nice pic!

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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's the truth! It's kind of hard to really understand how dense silver (and gold) are until you have a piece like these that are actually a little difficult to move. 100 oz bars weigh about seven pounds. Something about the size of a coke can that weighs about 10 times what a can of coke usually weighs. It'll make the uninitiated's eyes bug out. We're just not used to that density in our daily lives.

    If I hadn't picked up most of these many years ago, I probably wouldn't have them. They're awkward, heavy, and not at all ideal as silver investments because you can't sell 10 or 20 ounces at a time.

    But they're bad ass. And I like 'em :)

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  • rte592rte592 Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm still chasing a USS Constitution 100 ounce bar to finish a set.

    I come across one every now and again but as the world turns, the bar and the funds dont line up.

  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For what it's worth, feel free to click on the big bar image above for a larger version. You can save it as a screen saver if you like.

    Looking forward to seeing @kiyote 's bar on a metal porn Friday soon :)

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    --Severian the Lame
  • MorganMan94MorganMan94 Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Weiss said:
    Careful. You can't eat just one :D

    Love those JMs, they look like bricks! My LCS has one, at $1 over though :s

  • thefinnthefinn Posts: 2,656 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What's fun is lugging around the 1,000 oz. RCM bars. Pushing 70# - something you don't want to drop on your toes.

    thefinn
  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TwoSides2aCoin said:
    They're awesome, as door stops. The walls won't get damaged by the knobs slamming into them. You'll see.

    I have seen this idea a few times over the years on various stacking/pm forums. It reminds me of my grandmother who would use an old metal iron that way.

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,231 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MorganMan94 said:

    @Weiss said:
    Careful. You can't eat just one :D

    Love those JMs, they look like bricks! My LCS has one, at $1 over though :s

    A buck over isn't all that bad if it's an older poured one. A new one, not so much.

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  • LukeMarshallLukeMarshall Posts: 1,983 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Weiss said:
    Careful. You can't eat just one :D

    Weiss, I thought I remembered you having a couple of the big JM bars... I was kinda hoping you'd take me up on my trade deal in the BST thread...
    I think I remember You saying that you don't have any kilo bars and I am trying to spread awareness for my personal favorite size silver bar.
    2.2 lbs - not bad
    Can be held easily with one hand->used as a bludgeoning object if necessary
    1000 grams - metric like the rest of the world
    Comes in a assortment of shapes and finishes
    32.15 Troy oz - a quick way to add ounces!
    These things are all the rage with the kids nowadays, <- well maybe not but I like em!

    Sorry to thread jack, I know this threads about 100oz bars.. but sadly I don't have a single 100ozer, and no Its not because I lost them in boating accidents!

    It's all about what the people want...

  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @LukeMarshall said:

    Weiss, I thought I remembered you having a couple of the big JM bars...

    In their original boxes >:)

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • shinywhiteshinywhite Posts: 346 ✭✭✭

    Congrats on your purchase! Hopefully I can take advantage of these prices and get myself one as well!!!

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,787 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The making of a 100 oz silver bar :smile:

    https://youtu.be/f3I5wt-YEfg

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,787 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The making of a 100 oz silver bar :smile:

    https://youtu.be/f3I5wt-YEfg

    Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb

    Bad transactions with : nobody to date

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,231 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1630Boston You find some cool videos!

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  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Careful with big bars. My co-worker dropped a 100 oz off a shipping cart the other day. A sharp edged englehard and sheared off the end of his toe. No more berkenstocks in the shipping department.

  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,577 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bump for the new pic!

    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭✭✭

    She sure is purty! Congrats!

    MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940

  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's nice!

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 5,967 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Love it! At this point I only possess 1 ouncers and rolls of junk but certainly can foresee some 100oz doorstops in my future. Congrats.

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  • VanHalenVanHalen Posts: 4,031 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice looking poured bar. What is the approximate thickness of it?

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,542 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Weiss your Postal carrier probably does not like you.

  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,527 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice looking bar,,,,,

    GrandAm :)
  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,231 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sweet poured bar! Congrats. :)

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,424 ✭✭✭✭✭

    id be happy with that one as well, congrats

  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,577 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 29, 2018 7:07PM

    @VanHalen said:
    Very nice looking poured bar. What is the approximate thickness of it?

    This should give you an idea...

    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,409 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice!
    But, I'd be even more impressed if you had gotten it in Au ;)

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I suppose one must be a bar collector to go for the 100 oz. bars... They are impressive, however, I tend to think in terms of liquidity, and it seems they may be difficult to move. But a collector.... well, we know how collectors 'must have' certain things... ;) Just as my wife asks me "Do you really need another gun?".... Well, no, but I WANT one.... :D Cheers, RickO

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,231 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Actually @ricko the 100 oz bars are easy to sell at the right shop. They usually come and go quickly.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland....I am surprised, thanks for the information....Cheers, RickO

  • metalmeistermetalmeister Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    She's a beauty!

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  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sweet !!! :)

    Timbuk3
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