Skulls, Crossbones,Zombies and other scary stuff...why?
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I'm venturing into the area of art bars and hand poured silver and can't help but notice many themed with darker, macabre, death related items. Is there a specific reason why this is popular among collectors in this area?
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It's because they are cool.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
They were made for the apocalypse.
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
Sounds good to me
Maybe it seems pirate-y.
I've noticed many stackers are also the doomsday types. Interests pertain to the dark end of the world kind of stuff. Sounds like the manufacturers of the items you mention are marketed towards that crowd.
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
Fear sells.
Knowledge is the enemy of fear
It does appeal to a certain crowd, if it helps them open their wallets I'll carry it for retail sales. Just like Disney Princess coins and silver bullets.
I couldn’t resist at least one example.
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Maybe my intention in starting this thread was to see some examples!
There are also a plethora of "pretty girl" bullion items.
Dudes like to have something to look at while their money sits there in metallic form...
Or, on the case of the silver shaped like bullets, or Lincoln logs, or dice, etc.. play with
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I have a couple of silver items......Cheers, RickO
Novelty only. Too large of a premium for serious stacking, although I dipped my toe into the politically-themed SBSS series awhile back. I'd prefer tastefully-done nudes as Baley might suggest, if I were going to collect.
I knew it would happen.
I have also seen a couple that are....how should I put this...."X Rated"!
And before anyone asks, NO I DID NOT GO LOOKING FOR THEM! 
I have seen silver bars with nudes on them....and some rounds.... Never saw any x-rated stuff...but then, I have not done a search..and not likely to since I prefer ASE's. I do have novelty bars... I think I posted my Secretariat bar in the past...a couple others..got a Mother's Day bar for wife and mother...Cheers, RickO
I got 4 oz of the .45s. a neat thing it is
I have one of those 1oz bullets and a Marilyn bar from the 70’s.
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@ricko Love the skull! Where did you pick that up?
The bullet bug got me too:
@massscrew....I believe it was from Scottsdale silver.... or may have been Silvertown.... I get the two confused... It was several years ago. I really like the shotgun shells...have not seen them before....Cheers, RickO
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Now that last one is really scary....
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Some things you just can’t unsee!
I also see a lot of pirate oriented stuff. I have never seen any of the "Pirates of the Caribbean " movies, but I see a couple of them are going to be on tv tonight. I might have to watch and get inspired!