Cool looking Silver bar.

Flyfishguy

Anybody know anything about this bar? Any guesses on age or the history?

xphobe

Hard to read, but the characters in the middle look like Juk Ngan - "pure(?) Silver"

The bust looks about 1880s-ish.

Here is a thread about a similar bar.
http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=4914

One of the posters in that thread made a good point: if it's a real bar, why isn't the weight stamped on it anywhere?

morgannut2

The weight may be on the revere of coarse--or it may just be for assay of compotion-
not commerce. I presume the VR is for Victoria Regina.
What does the 999.9 mean anyway (purity would be 9.999)?
Or is it 6.666 ounces?

CaptHenway

Sure looks like a modern fantasy to me.
TD

Dentuck

You can buy many such items for 50 cents in the marketplaces of Hong Kong.

mnmcoin

We get those occasionally at the shop, I have asked my bullion guy and there is no premium on them...although they are pretty interesting.

morris <><

ziggy29

Looks like a candidate for a specific gravity test to see if it's real silver or some cheap fake.

cladking

I'm not familiar with it or know if it's real but it looks 1870's (ish) to me.

thebeav

I have one of those bars also....I've had it for about 30 years. So you know that they're at least that old.......

Kal

This is listed in 4th edition of Unusual World Coins Bruce X#B13 as "spurious silver bars of recent manufacture" nd(1970s). Varying weight of 155 to 160 grams, fineness .999-.9999.

Lists as $75.00 in VF and $100.00 in XF.

Flyfishguy

I ran a specific gravity on it and it is silver. I bought them (4) at 15% back of spot, so I guess I'm ok.

LEAP269

this is a very groovy bar baby!