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Now that I look back on my purchases, I found that the only two bullion bars that I've owned were both damaged!!
As a kid, I've always been fascinated with silver hallmarks, and am still quite fascinated with them. One day, while walking around a coin show, I saw this neat, lonely little silver bar in a dealer's case, with what I thought had gigantic hallmarks, as all the other ones I've seen were tiny compared to this. It was not in very good condition, but the dealer told me that the best he could do for me was at a few cents under spot -- at a whopping $20, and I was immediately sold on it! I did have interest in bullion since then, but any bullion I've bought was in form of rounds, jewelry, or household stuff. Until 5 Engelhard 1 oz bars came in the mail this week from a forum member, this was the lone silver bar in my collection!
This one, I won off a bid board for $5.50:
Just recently, I've learned that there is some premium on bars, especially on name brand stuff. I saw that there is a small premium on Engelhard bars. Being in the condition it's in, with what appears to be a dent on the front and engraving on the back, is there still any premium in this piece? I've looked on eBay on several occasions, and have not seen any 100 gram bars from Engelhard, the closest thing I've found was a half-kilo.
It appears that now I've caught the silver bug and I'm craving for more Engelhard 1 oz bars!
Thanks for any help,
Ben
As a kid, I've always been fascinated with silver hallmarks, and am still quite fascinated with them. One day, while walking around a coin show, I saw this neat, lonely little silver bar in a dealer's case, with what I thought had gigantic hallmarks, as all the other ones I've seen were tiny compared to this. It was not in very good condition, but the dealer told me that the best he could do for me was at a few cents under spot -- at a whopping $20, and I was immediately sold on it! I did have interest in bullion since then, but any bullion I've bought was in form of rounds, jewelry, or household stuff. Until 5 Engelhard 1 oz bars came in the mail this week from a forum member, this was the lone silver bar in my collection!
This one, I won off a bid board for $5.50:
Just recently, I've learned that there is some premium on bars, especially on name brand stuff. I saw that there is a small premium on Engelhard bars. Being in the condition it's in, with what appears to be a dent on the front and engraving on the back, is there still any premium in this piece? I've looked on eBay on several occasions, and have not seen any 100 gram bars from Engelhard, the closest thing I've found was a half-kilo.
It appears that now I've caught the silver bug and I'm craving for more Engelhard 1 oz bars!
Thanks for any help,
Ben
-Ben T. * Collector of Errors! * Proud member of the CUFYNA
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Agblox had a bunch of those 100 grammers, different variations too!
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