Silver bullion picture thread

1jester

I've just recently become interested in silver bullion (been a coin collector for 35 years), and wanted to start this thread to get more information about silver in bullion form, such as bars or coins, etc. Really, I'm a novice in this field and would like to soak up as much knowledge as possible, so please feel free to chime in with information if possible. Please also post pictures of your (or others') interesting bars.

First off, I just picked up this 1 kg Credit Suisse bar with a serial number 94720. How easy to find are Credit Suisse bars, or how desirable are they? When was mine made? I assume this was not a poured bar, but rather forged (is "extruded" the right term here?) since it's so uniform looking. Am I on the right track? I've found a couple small (less than 1 oz.) bars as well, and some have serial numbers and some don't. Do the ones without serial numbers predate those with numbers?

PS: sorry for the large pictures; I don't know how to get imageshack to work with the software on this board, to allow thumbnails, so Mr. Moderator aka Otis, please feel free to downsize the pics!! Thanks.

dimples

Oh my God don't let that fall on you it will crush you!

SilverEagles92

Wow, how about a courtesy resize!

Weiss

GTOster

Well the first pic's took awhile to up load

Cladiator

rgCoinGuy

Hey cladiator, where did you get those cool storage holders?

cinman14

Hey Rob, your ONZA only has one nipple....

mkman123

his is a rare error! submit it to pcgs now

cars

<< <i>Hey Rob, your ONZA only has one nipple.... >>



Wonder if that's why its called an onza and not a twoza

rgCoinGuy

cars

Here's a poured credit suisse:

JeremyDie1

Picture of some new silver purchases last month before it was scooped up and taken to the sdb.

gecko109

Rick....stop posting photos of that Engelhard set! Your gonna make me get back into the hobby!!!!

Jeremy, thats all in one month's worth of buying??? Did you have a rich uncle pass away or something?

Weiss

Cladiator: Henceforth, these should be known as "sardine cans".

SpaceMonkey

TrustNo1

my baby hoard

drwstr123

All silver....do you remember that sound?

cars

Nice bandit. Now they just give you tickets, Takes the fun out of it.

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My Dad has a Nickel Castlefront slot machine. Looks just like yours except it's blue. It was made in 1933 or 1938. Came from a hotel in Chicago. Still works. I filled it up full of circ Buffalo Nickels. Looks neat.

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Waldo

Hopefully I have done this correctly. I've been toning this for years!

cars

Here you go

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Those are neat! I have one, bought as part of a larger deal. Have tried to get more but can't seem to find them on e-Bay. I was underbidder on a 5oz one awhile back. Wish now I'd bidded higher. Also wish I knew more about them.
They are so thick I can't find an airtite to fit, so for now It is just stuffed in a coinsafe flip.

Regards,

John

1jester

Here are some more:

Cladiator

Dude, cool silver but re-size your images already.

Cladiator

<< <i>Hey cladiator, where did you get those cool storage holders? >>

Apmex

cars

Very cool. I sold a Argor 20G silver just like that one not long ago on eBay. If you are willing to part with one of those 20g degussa PM me

1jester

<< <i>Dude, cool silver but re-size your images already. >>



Sorry to inconvenience you. In my first post I asked for help/advice on how to use imageshack with this board's software (which doesn't allow normal linking for some reason) and since nobody has been able to assist me in this matter, I provided direct links. That's the best I can do, since I haven't figured out how to use my new Mac's photo-editing software. So I simply deleted the pictures in my offending post.

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<< <i>Dude, cool silver but re-size your images already. >>



Sorry to inconvenience you. In my first post I asked for help/advice on how to use imageshack with this board's software (which doesn't allow normal linking for some reason) and since nobody has been able to assist me in this matter, I provided direct links. That's the best I can do, since I haven't figured out how to use my new Mac's photo-editing software. So I simply deleted the pictures in my offending post.

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Jester - best way to use Imageshack is to click the "resize image" to 640 x 480 size. Then, when it's uploaded the picture, scroll to the very BOTTOM of the screen. (Don't copy any of the four things at the top of the page). You will see two boxes with long links. Literally copy and paste ONE of them into the text of your message. (Don't click http or any other "buttons" here on the forums). Click preview to check that it looks OK. There will be some extraneous junk characters you can delete. Then you're all set.

1jester

Thanks, John!

PS: I've consigned some coins (including my current avatar coin) to WCN's next auction if you have time to make it over.

MIKFLO

Here are some different.

cars

Some poured bars:

secondrepublic

<< <i>Thanks, John!

PS: I've consigned some coins (including my current avatar coin) to WCN's next auction if you have time to make it over.


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Great!! Can't wait to see them in the catalog :-) I won't make it over for this one, but I might bid remotely since the dollar has finally recovered, somewhat !

mkman123

cars, stop already, not fair at all showing off that old pour stash!!!

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Those are neat! I have one, bought as part of a larger deal. Have tried to get more but can't seem to find them on e-Bay. I was underbidder on a 5oz one awhile back. Wish now I'd bidded higher. Also wish I knew more about them.
They are so thick I can't find an airtite to fit, so for now It is just stuffed in a coinsafe flip.

Regards,

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Those come in a 5 ounce size? *WANT*

Makarovii

1jester

cars

I need 3 of those :-)

Meltdown

1jester

<< <i>I need 3 of those :-) >>



That's all, Rick?! LOL. The Degussa 20 g is a duplicate, so I'm sure we can work something out.

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I used to work as an engineer on this old sternwheeler, the Delta Queen. The bar must have been produced prior to the building of its sister boat the Mississippi Queen in 1974-5.

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1jester

For some reason the settings on my camera are different than recently, so I apologize for the poor quality of the pictures.


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Looks like Carter and Breshnev signing some kind of treaty:

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This view of Milano only weighs 21.4 grams:

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Produced in Switzerland by Valcambi S.A., Drover's National Bank of Chicago:

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Also produced by Valcambi, this one has unbelievably nice old patina, Chicago's First National:

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Another Swiss bar by Valcambi, this one for Sharps Pixley of London:

Silvertowne:

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Silvertowne, same reverse as above:

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Might this also be Silvertowne? It's an odd size, just like my 25th Anniversary of Israel's founding, posted earlier:

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mkman123

collection looks great! Those 5000g bars are nice. Get more old poured bars!

mkman123

Here is a piece that you might like

cars

Very nice

1jester

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Thanks for the kind words, Mike. And yes, an old kilo bar....yummy!!! I'm sure it's out of my league, however, especially with S&H. Those 5 kilo "coins" are in fact almost too heavy to be toting around.