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How can you determine the age of a poured bar?

TomohawkTomohawk Posts: 667 ✭✭
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I posed this question in another thread, but didn't receive an answer...so I thought I'd try my own thread.

I have a few Engelhard bars I received in trade, and a couple are very cool, and appear to be old. They do have serial numbers, but I can't seem to find anywhere to do a S/N search.

Any ideas?
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  • SilverEagles92SilverEagles92 Posts: 6,787 ✭
    Post a picture of them here.

    Some resident silver buffs can likely give you a date range, and/or tell you if they're worth a premium to regular bars.
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  • gsa1fangsa1fan Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    Do they look like these?

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  • TomohawkTomohawk Posts: 667 ✭✭
    Yep, those are the ones (wink).

    A couple have even different looks, kind of older. I'll take pictures tonight...I'm really jazzed by these...kinda feels like my first Peace Dollar!
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  • gecko109gecko109 Posts: 8,231 ✭
    The best guess I have heard/subscribe to is late 60's, early 70's.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,122 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How much of a premium do the old poured bars bring?

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,129 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Saw them in half and count the rings?
    Are the serial numbers in Roman Numerals?

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  • gecko109gecko109 Posts: 8,231 ✭


    << <i>How much of a premium do the old poured bars bring? >>




    In THIS instance, size matters!image The 100 and 10oz bars bring the smallest (almost zero) premium. The 5oz brings a modest premium. The 3oz bring a decent premium. And the 4oz and 7oz bring obscene premiums (3-4x melt).
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I haven't weighed a struck Engelhard 10 oz bar, because all of mine are still in plastic. But the 10 oz poured bars each weigh at least a few grams more than 10 oz.
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