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Hope you don't mind me paying a little tribute to Japan in the subject.
My newps for the week.
A little silver bar, is that Johnson Matthey & Mallory? Weird it doesn't have a serial.
And a nice gift from SmallDollars.com. I used his website in my italian blog and Mike was so kind to send me a sample slab!
My newps for the week.
A little silver bar, is that Johnson Matthey & Mallory? Weird it doesn't have a serial.
And a nice gift from SmallDollars.com. I used his website in my italian blog and Mike was so kind to send me a sample slab!
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1869-S 20
1914-D 20
1836 2 1/2 cleaned
1871-S 2 1/2
1914-D
( 1 oz. Gold Phils )
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Silver is the mortar that binds the bricks of loyalty.
dang, that just ain't even funny SB.
Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.
<< <i>dang, that just ain't even funny SB. >>
Wow SB - You're porn is hardcore!
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And 1,300 oz of silver as well? Dang, you DID buy the dip.
I knew it would happen.
<< <i>Are those Philharmonics? Whatever they are, they glimmer real nice!
They are amazing! I thought they are Buffalos but they are too big.
Thanks for sharing SB
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<< <i>Now that I'm finally home from Afghanistan (yet again), I can start participating in this weekly thread! I'm not an Engelhard expert by any means, but I've never seen a reverse pattern on an Engelhard 10-Oz bar as displayed in the last two images. It's a raised checkered pattern on one of the bars. I purchased the two poured (bull) bars on the right from an online dealer so I was not expecting anything out of the ordinary. The reverse pattern was on the bar with the lower serial number (#197355).
Looks like it was struck that way, but I do not recall seeing that grid pattern before.
TD
Please clarify.
TD
<< <i>I took the photo layout to mean that the one with the serial number ending in 501 was the one with the waffle reverse.
Please clarify.
TD >>
From the poster's description of the bar:
"The reverse pattern was on the bar with the lower serial number (#197355)."
Does this change your opinion on the originality Tom? Like I said above....finding these bars a tad bit beat up is common. That bar could have those obverse marks/damage with no waffle reverse and I would think nothing more than it had been tossed around a few times. But only because of the waffling do I make it a point to note such damage.
<< <i>Very strange grid pattern! It looks like it MAY have been added though based on what appears to be some depressions/flattening on the front of the bar. A squeeze in a vice perhaps? >>
Those grid lines in the pics can play a trick (optical illusion) on the mind where it looks like they are cut/pressed into the bar, but actually the lines are raised and the bottom of those squares are even with the outsides of the bar. I broke out the Macro and added a couple more pics in different lighting - natural from the window and lights on the copy stand. I'm not trying to make this thread about this odd bar - just trying to share!
Actual size image (Very large!)
Actual size image (Very large!)
Actual size image (Very large!)
Actual size image (Very large!)
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<< <i>I took the photo layout to mean that the one with the serial number ending in 501 was the one with the waffle reverse.
Please clarify.
TD >>
From the poster's description of the bar:
"The reverse pattern was on the bar with the lower serial number (#197355)."
Does this change your opinion on the originality Tom? Like I said above....finding these bars a tad bit beat up is common. That bar could have those obverse marks/damage with no waffle reverse and I would think nothing more than it had been tossed around a few times. But only because of the waffling do I make it a point to note such damage. >>
Ah, I missed that.
Nevertheless, I still think it looks original, but since I have nothing to compare it with that is just a guess.
TD
Your bar is an original Engelhard 10. It was made at the Toronto, Canada plant.
It is a very tough pattern to find. The Waffle pattern was tried so that the bar
would be held in place during stamping. The problem was, the bar would " stick "
to the waffle die after stamping. Just another neat variation!!
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Silver is the mortar that binds the bricks of loyalty.
<< <i>Sebrown,
Your bar is an original Engelhard 10. It was made at the Toronto, Canada plant.
It is a very tough pattern to find. The Waffle pattern was tried so that the bar
would be held in place during stamping. The problem was, the bar would " stick "
to the waffle die after stamping. Just another neat variation!! >>
What is a bar like this worth?
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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I'm not even a Yankees fan, but had to have this one. All marks or scuffs you see are on the holder, the round itself is spotless. The only dowside, it's sterling, not .999. Still had to have it though.
Kind of cool, all silver...not a token.
We're all aware that stuff we once thought of as collector coins is now being melted or at least canvas bagged.
But by the same token, coins your dealer once set aside as being premium pieces are now essentially bullion.
My dealer is being cleaned out of 90% about as fast as he can get it. When I went in on Thursday he had nothing--or at least he didn't think he did. With no "bullion" to look through, I asked to see his much-neglected trays of raw dollars. As I suspected, he had several dozen morgan and peace dollars, sometimes 3 coins deep, in his trays, all priced at what at one time was a premium to their bullion value. Most of these were priced around $30. With silver at $35 and change, the melt value alone on these dollars is now more than $27.
Think outside the box and ask to see your dealer's raw stuff next time you visit. Remember he set these pieces aside because they were exceptional. Getting exceptional coins at or very near melt is pretty cool.
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