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You have to buy a 1,000 oz silver bar

WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
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What brand do you choose?

I'd take any Comex/Good Delivery bars. But if you had to choose one?

RCM? Engelhard? JM?

Honestly, I'm totally feeling the Peñoles bars.

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  • gecko109gecko109 Posts: 8,231 ✭
    Spray paint it black and use as a doorstop. No theif in the world would steal it.
  • gsa1fangsa1fan Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Spray paint it black and use as a doorstop. No theif in the world would steal it. >>



    Dunno Gecko, they stole a claw foot tub outta my yard!image

    I like a Englehard if given a choice. Any would be fine with meimage
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  • gecko109gecko109 Posts: 8,231 ✭
    Claw foot tubs are the new rage along with those god ugly vessel sinks. I could see a theif plucking that out in plain sight, but to steal a 70 pound black "door weight"? Not a chance!
  • AgBloxAgBlox Posts: 744 ✭✭
    Doesn't matter to me, They're all just big ugly 70# silver blocks.
  • secondrepublicsecondrepublic Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭
    Why does anyone "have to" buy a 1,000 oz. bar? image
    "Men who had never shown any ability to make or increase fortunes for themselves abounded in brilliant plans for creating and increasing wealth for the country at large." Fiat Money Inflation in France, Andrew Dickson White (1912)
  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 5,959 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would prefer 10 100 oz bars myself
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,249 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Spray paint it black and use as a doorstop. No theif in the world would steal it. >>



    Dunno Gecko, they stole a claw foot tub outta my yard!image

    I like a Englehard if given a choice. Any would be fine with meimage >>



    Was you filming a Cialis commercial at the time?????????

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  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Johnson Mathey,

    stay away from the Mexican bars.
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  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,266 ✭✭✭


    JM or Eng.

    I'd be too afraid the generic ones would be 90 parts lead and 10 parts silver.

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  • KameoKameo Posts: 207
    If i had to buy a 1000oz silver bar I would buy the cheapest one I could find. Send is over to Academy, have them melt'em down into 100 10 oz stackers. From there I'd make a small lego like castle out of silver. image
  • cornbreadcornbread Posts: 62 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Spray paint it black and use as a doorstop. No theif in the world would steal it. >>



    Dunno Gecko, they stole a claw foot tub outta my yard!image

    I like a Englehard if given a choice. Any would be fine with meimage >>



    Was you filming a Cialis commercial at the time?????????

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,238 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I would prefer 10 100 oz bars myself >>



    I would prefer 100 10 oz bars myself.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,238 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>stay away from the Mexican bars. >>



    Was there a problem that I wasn't aware of?

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  • SmallTownCoinsSmallTownCoins Posts: 688 ✭✭
    Not sure why any individual would want a 1000 oz bar, very rough on the roids....image
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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Why do people bother to respond to a hypothetical question by not answering it?

    YOU HAVE A GUN TO YOUR HEAD AND YOU MUST BUY A 1,000 OUNCE BAR OF SILVER

    which do you choose?
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,238 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Why do people bother to respond to a hypothetical question by not answering it?

    YOU HAVE A GUN TO YOUR HEAD AND YOU MUST BUY A 1,000 OUNCE BAR OF SILVER

    which do you choose? >>



    Any of the recognized major refineries would be satisfactory to me---Engelhard, J-M, RCM, etc. My choice would be based on price and availability. I wouldn't pay a premium for one brand bar over another.



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  • SportsModeratorSportsModerator Posts: 1,624 mod
    Pull the trigger!

    Less painful than a pulled muscle in the groin.

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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Pull the trigger!

    Less painful than a pulled muscle in the groin. >>



    I hear you!
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,238 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Pull the trigger!

    Less painful than a pulled muscle in the groin. >>



    What are you doing pulling your groin muscle?image





    Seriously, it's very painfull and it doesn't go away any time soon. Been there---done that.




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  • ChrisRxChrisRx Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I would prefer 10 100 oz bars myself >>



    I would prefer 100 10 oz bars myself. >>



    I would prefer 1000 1oz silver eagles.
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  • gsa1fangsa1fan Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    I'd prefer Englehard
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  • secondrepublicsecondrepublic Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Why do people bother to respond to a hypothetical question by not answering it?

    YOU HAVE A GUN TO YOUR HEAD AND YOU MUST BUY A 1,000 OUNCE BAR OF SILVER

    which do you choose? >>



    Probably RCM or JM. I would worry that an older Engelhard bar would have had more time to be monkeyed around with. And having a gun to my head, I wouldn't have much of a chance to examine the bar. image
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  • KameoKameo Posts: 207


    << <i>Why do people bother to respond to a hypothetical question by not answering it?

    YOU HAVE A GUN TO YOUR HEAD AND YOU MUST BUY A 1,000 OUNCE BAR OF SILVER

    which do you choose? >>



    I would still buy the cheapest one. Then I'd drop the 1000 ouncer on dudes head and take his gun. From there, I would continue building my silver castle. image
  • GeotovoreGeotovore Posts: 169
    Best answer thus far. Kameo's
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,238 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Weiss---Why the interest in buying a 1000 oz bar?

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • bestmrbestmr Posts: 1,780 ✭✭✭
    If I could afford a 1000oz bar, I could afford someone to turn them into some dumbbells. Might as well get some use out of it. image
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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Weiss---Why the interest in buying a 1000 oz bar? >>



    It's a hypothetical image

    We're on a precious metals board and there isn't much going on, and I'm bored.

    I lead the charge against large bars for any metal and I've posted several times why I think 90% is the right play for silver in almost any scenario.

    But clearly some people are buying 1000 oz bars. Most of us here will probably never own one (either for its impracticality or just because of the cost).

    So I thought it would be an interesting game to play: You have to buy 1000 oz bars. Which do you choose and why.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,238 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Weiss---Why the interest in buying a 1000 oz bar? >>



    It's a hypothetical image

    We're on a precious metals board and there isn't much going on, and I'm bored.

    I lead the charge against large bars for any metal and I've posted several times why I think 90% is the right play for silver in almost any scenario.

    But clearly some people are buying 1000 oz bars. Most of us here will probably never own one (either for its impracticality or just because of the cost).

    So I thought it would be an interesting game to play: You have to buy 1000 oz bars. Which do you choose and why. >>



    Great hypothetical question and an interesting thread. I would imagine most buyers of large bars use them for manufacturing jewelry, silverware, electronic components, etc.









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  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Johnson Mathey,

    stay away from the Mexican bars. >>



    I got in a lot of trouble once in a Mexican bar...
  • TWQGTWQG Posts: 3,145 ✭✭
    I would favor the Penoles because you get the extra digit on the purity value at no additional premium. I also like the way they look.
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