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United States Mint "Grease Bars"

Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,671 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I have three of these ugly bars on hand and was wondering if anyone knows much about them. I found one sold on ebay back in Feb for about $4 over spot.

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    OverdateOverdate Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What are they? Any pictures?

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,522 ✭✭✭✭✭
    yeah, what overdate said.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've seen them. Poured bars with the weight and fineness marked on the bar with a grease pencil produced during the period of silver certificate notes being redeemed by the US Treasury. I don't care for them since they are easily faked and need to be assayed to verify their authenticity.

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    KISHU1KISHU1 Posts: 2,097 ✭✭✭
    There is a good article regarding the grease bars

    www.onlygold.com/articles/ayr_2007/A_Modern_Silver_Story.asp

    This will give you most of the info you need

    I was a small boy when my father took us to New York to redeem silver certificates for a silver bar that weigh approx. 100 ounces. They were various weights and purity from 90% to 99.9% pure. Most of the grease that they used to mark the weight is worn off and I have not seen one that is readable

    Read the article its very interesting

    Frank D.
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