Old find from my grandparents... curious on background?

mk4

Hi everybody-

My grandparents gave me a box that had 4 metal pieces back when I was little. I recently rediscovered it in my room, and was curious to learn more about it.

They're 4 bricks that appear to be silver, with slight discoloring on them. There is a 4oz, 3oz, 5oz, and 7oz piece in the case. They're stamped with JMC, a maple leaf, 999+, and the weight. I've been able to find out that they're from Johnson Matthey, but not much else.

Anybody know if there is more background to them? Approximate worth? Thank you in advance!

mkman123

What a great find! They are worth way more than melt, some other members can give you more exact numbers as I do not follow old pour bars anymore

Justacommeman

mk, please post a picture!

and to the forum............MJ

Spooly

I don't collect silver bars..... But I think the 3oz go for crazy money.

piecesofme

Do they look like these? The 1 oz'ers typically go for $125. The 3's typically go between $190-235. The 5's for around $240-275 and the 7 oz'ers for $360-400.
These are all very realistic values and with some patience on your part, you will get these amounts, even after fees on eBay.

Justacommeman

I'm interested to see the case (unless I read into that)

MJ

mk4

Thanks for the warm welcome!

By the way, a correction- It's a 3, 4, 5, and 7 ounce (a 4oz instead of the 1oz I originally thought)

And apologies for the upside-down picture, only noticed after I uploaded!

mk4

HOOOOLY, they were larger pictures than I thought! Sorry about that!

nibanny

Here you go.
Cool set! The case seems custom made.

Wingsrule

Very, very

piecesofme

As is, I would think you should get at least $1100 for it, and that would be after fees on eBay.
Very nice, thanks for sharing.

LukeMarshall

I don't think the case is custom, I've seen the exact same set w/ the case on ebay a couple of times in the past.

Definitely a very nice score!

GLWS if that's your plans.

nibanny

<< <i>I don't think the case is custom, I've seen the exact same set w/ the case on ebay a couple of times in the past >>



You may be right, I was just saying that because it has no logo/company written on it.
Maybe there was some paper together.

Still a cool set!

tydye

Nice set of silver. Looks like they have been in that case a while. Not a nick on them. PS67

mk4

Thanks for the help, everybody!

Not really looking to sell, I'm going to hold on to it for now. My Grandpa passed away when I was 3, so I like holding on to some of the things I got from him. Quite a community you all have here that you can give me an answer in a few hours- thanks, again!

Justacommeman

That a boy mk4...........MJ

Baley

Not really looking to sell, I'm going to hold on to it for now. My Grandpa passed away when I was 3, so I like holding on to some of the things I got from him. Quite a community you all have here that you can give me an answer in a few hours- thanks, again!

So happy to hear you say that, I hate to see people sell stuff from their ancestors... like on Pawn stars, "Here is my great grandfather's hat and sword from the civil war, how much can I get for gnd so I can go see a show, have a fancy meal, and gamble??"

Very neat set of bars that your own grandkids would be thrilled to receive (or, at least, they'll get a lot more FedBucks then )

ricko

Very cool set of silver bars... and a great family heirloom... Cheers, RickO

piecesofme

So happy to hear you say that, I hate to see people sell stuff from their ancestors... like on Pawn stars, "Here is my great grandfather's hat and sword from the civil war, how much can I get for gnd so I can go see a show, have a fancy meal, and gamble??"

joefro

That is a very nice set that many people here would love to own. That said, I agree with everyone here who already said that we're happy you've decided to keep it. Don't ever sell that unless you really, really, really need the money. What a great gift your grandparents have given you.

Yukoncornelius1

That is an incredible looking set of old JM bars!!
I have all of the old poured JM's except a 5 oz.

perkdog

Very Nice!

VikingDude

Very nice!

And welcome to the Boards!

OnlyGoldIsMoney

Mk4, nice JMC set and welcome. piecesofme is spot on with the value. The bars in total are worth about $1,000-$1,200. The cases are surprisingly hard to find and yours adds to the set's value.

The case is original and in nice shape. Cases were made for both the 3oz, 4 oz, 5 oz & 7 oz set along with a larger case for a five piece set including the 10 oz bar.

Here is what the larger case looks like. The 10 oz bars don't show up too frequently.

nibanny

Cool! Does the case have anything written on it?
Thanks for the info!

OnlyGoldIsMoney

<< <i>Cool! Does the case have anything written on it?
Thanks for the info! >>



My case is not on hand to check but I don't recall anything written on the plastic.

truthteller

Johnson Matthey Canada

Here's a link with all the bars of JM and of JMC that were made.



http://about.ag/JohnsonMattheySilverBars.htm



TRUTH

coinnerd

Here's a link with all the bars of JM and of JMC that were made.


This is great resource, but all JM bars made are not there. New types show up from time to time. OnlyGold's 10oz is not
there.

That is an great set. Welcome to the boards.

mikeyg

Great set of bars MK4 and thanks for sharing.I learned something new from this post,and WELCOME