Unboxing a Geiger 10 oz...UPDATE -- Now with UV !

tychojoe

My 1st. Took a month to get here - the wait was worth the while!

@1630Boston !

Honey calcite + Silver

Meltdown

Nice bar! I bought my first Geiger a couple weeks ago and really like them.
Curious... did you pay a premium over other comparable 10oz bars?

tychojoe

Thanks, @Meltdown! I was really curious what I was going to see - very pleased. Had never held a 10 oz bar (nor a 5 oz like the Silvertowne bar I ordered at the same time that arrived a week earlier).

Yes, I paid $2/oz premium. It was only $0.90/oz more than the Sunshine I had planned to get. Figured it was worth the extra bit, and for the extra 9 bucks, I'm happy! Did you get yours closer to a cut-rate spot?

1630Boston

I love that pocket knife........................the 10 ouncer is not bad either.

mkman123

The geiger bar looks nice...makes me want one now!

Downtown1974

Congrats! Nice chunk of silver. Now you need to get one of those wooden storage boxes from Geiger and fill it.

asheland

They make nice bars. I've picked up a few different sizes by them when they are available.

Meltdown

Mine was also a .90 cent premium over the generic price... I am a bit of a collector as well as a stacker so I didn't mind too much. They're nice for sure.

OPA

The only issue I have with the Geiger bars, they have an odd dimension, compared to the rest of my 10 oz bars.

1630Boston

Sometimes odd can be good and if you had more Geiger bars than others they would be the norm and all else would have odd dimensions.

bigzestee

That's a very good looking bar.The premium per ounce was pretty reasonable too.

hchcoin

That's cool.

ricko

Nice looking silver bar.... I have rounds and a few art bars... and a one pound silver ASE.....Cheers, RickO

1630Boston

@ricko
Would a one pound ASE be a troy pound, [12 troy ounces], just wondering here.

ricko

Yes... it is a Troy pound.... bought it years ago (forget the date, but at least ten, maybe twelve years ago)... Nice big chunk of pure silver. Cheers, RickO

1630Boston

A pic would be nice, but..........................never mind.

tychojoe

@Downtown1974 said:
Congrats! Nice chunk of silver. Now you need to get one of those wooden storage boxes from Geiger and fill it.

Haha, don't I wish! Actually, I got my Geiger Box unboxed right here:

tychojoe

Geiger paints a UV-sensitive varnish onto the reverse. I guess the mintage of this one is 2016 - it doesn't show up too well. But the LEV-rhombus shows up well enough. Kinda neat. Geiger says, "The access to this varnish is restricted strictly because it is used to mark distinctive spots at banknotes as well.”

tychojoe

@1630Boston said:
A pic would be nice, but..........................never mind.

Yes, really! What a sight a one-pound Silver Eagle must be, @ricko! If only RickO could somehow learn to post pictures

ricko

It is one Troy pound, .999 pure silver, dated 1995 and I paid $59 dollars for it....on the 29th of June, 2001. There are - as most know = 12 Troy ounces to a Troy pound... So I paid $4.92 per ounce... good buy at today's market price... Cheers, RickO

OPA

@ricko said:
It is one Troy pound, .999 pure silver, dated 1995 and I paid $59 dollars for it....on the 29th of June, 2001. There are - as most know = 12 Troy ounces to a Troy pound... So I paid $4.92 per ounce... good buy at today's market price... Cheers, RickO

I had several of those...long time ago. Now they are selling for over $250. Below is a link for a completed eBay auction.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1997-SILVER-EAGLE-1LB-TROY-12-OZ-999-FINE-SILVER-ROUND-/282322842484?hash=item41bbc0b374:g:vjwAAOSw5cNYdnKx&nma=true&si=7Up7DIt9ynYHzx8xhQwi2VDG5yY%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

asheland

I've got copper Geiger bars. Anyone seen the copper ones before?

1630Boston

No.

asheland

I'll post a picture next time I have them out.

1630Boston

That would be appreciated, love to see them

asheland

@1630Boston said:
That would be appreciated, love to see them

I made a copper thread.

1630Boston

Thanks