Was this just dumb luck, or something to it? (3 oz JMC silver bars)
piecesofme
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Awhile back I pointed out the difference in two 3 oz JMC bars I have. Now I realized that all four of the 3 oz JMC bars I have are different.
At first I thought there was one kind of 3 oz JMC bar after doing some research, now I find there's 4? and what are the chances that I unknowingly bought all 4?
Compare the top right to the bottom right. Look the same don't they? Look closer and you'll notice that the Z in OZ is different.
Now compare the bottom left one to the top right and bottom right. Looks the same, don't they? Look closer and and you'll notice that the 3 is shaped differently and there is a dot (period) after the Z in OZ.
Now compare the top left to all the others. No Maple Leaf and JMC is stamped in a different position.
Do I have too much time on my hands or did I stumble onto something kind of cool? 4 differents styles when I thought there was only one.
I know some of you are probably saying to yourself...rookie, look at all the different styles of Engelhards. okay, that's fine. But these aren't Englehards. And yes I know Johnson Matthey has alot of different styles of 5, 10 and even Kilo sizes too, but I didn't know this about 3 oz'ers.
Just thought I'd share it and ask if there are there any more types that are different than these 4 pictured?
On another note, does anyone know anything about this 10 oz'er? Who produced it and from around what timeframe? Thanks
At first I thought there was one kind of 3 oz JMC bar after doing some research, now I find there's 4? and what are the chances that I unknowingly bought all 4?
Compare the top right to the bottom right. Look the same don't they? Look closer and you'll notice that the Z in OZ is different.
Now compare the bottom left one to the top right and bottom right. Looks the same, don't they? Look closer and and you'll notice that the 3 is shaped differently and there is a dot (period) after the Z in OZ.
Now compare the top left to all the others. No Maple Leaf and JMC is stamped in a different position.
Do I have too much time on my hands or did I stumble onto something kind of cool? 4 differents styles when I thought there was only one.
I know some of you are probably saying to yourself...rookie, look at all the different styles of Engelhards. okay, that's fine. But these aren't Englehards. And yes I know Johnson Matthey has alot of different styles of 5, 10 and even Kilo sizes too, but I didn't know this about 3 oz'ers.
Just thought I'd share it and ask if there are there any more types that are different than these 4 pictured?
On another note, does anyone know anything about this 10 oz'er? Who produced it and from around what timeframe? Thanks
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<< <i>Really? No one? Oh well, I still think it's pretty cool. >>
Neat bars and thanks for sharing but I don't know much about them.
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I didn't set out to do it, it's just something I noticed now that I have 4 and thought it was crazy that all 4 are different. I'm more surprised at it than anything else being that I thought there was really only 1 variety initially.