Its bullion but.....its still very cool

coinsarefun · October 16, 2017 12:00PM

I found this company on Instagram and they are local to Los Angeles.
They are called mkbarzandbullion. First pickup from them and I feel it won't be the last

One ounce, I tried tilting it so you can see the thickness and then in the other pic I show it next to a fake medal....just so
you get get a few for size.

Insider2 · October 16, 2017 12:07PM

Very Cool and not too dangerous since they are thick. Look's like more than an ounce.

coinsarefun · October 16, 2017 12:10PM

@Insider2 said:
Very Cool and not too dangerous since they are thick. Look's like more than an ounce.

It actually lends itself to like one of those relax stones that you rub between your thumb and index finger.
Relaxing and no guilt

ricko · October 17, 2017 7:36AM

If silver, does it note that anywhere? I did not see it in the pictures.... Neat piece though... Cheers, RickO

Zoins · October 17, 2017 7:39AM

@ricko said:
If silver, does it note that anywhere? I did not see it in the pictures.... Neat piece though... Cheers, RickO

It says the following above the 2 globes. MK BARZ is mkbarzandbullion.

MK BARZ
999 FS

ricko · October 17, 2017 7:41AM

Oh yeah.... Thanks @Zoins .... did not notice that. Cheers, RickO

mvs7 · October 17, 2017 7:45AM

Very cool.

oih82w8 · October 17, 2017 7:47AM

Those are pretty cool ...but not more than double spot...$45 current price.

https://mkbarzandbullion.com/collections/best-sellers/products/1-ounce-troy-999-fs-8-reales-coin

Zoins · October 17, 2017 7:48AM

@ricko said:
Oh yeah.... Thanks @Zoins .... did not notice that. Cheers, RickO

They did a good job working it into the design.

It's a very nice looking piece!

CascadeChris · October 17, 2017 7:55AM

MK Barz items go for decent premiums. They've set up at Long Beach before. A husband and wife team. Can't remember their names but very nice people.

MilesWaits · October 17, 2017 8:03AM

Very nice piece. Very cool. Thank you for posting that.

Zoins · October 17, 2017 8:20AM

Here's an excerpt from their About Us page. Looks like they have a long burning passion for silver and foundry work.

MK BARZ AND BULLION is a family owned and operated private mint specializing in hand poured silver bullion and American coins exclusively minted in the United States.

We were established in Los Angeles, California in 2014 and provide service to anywhere in the United States and Canada.

Our primary owner has been grading and collecting, and hoarding American silver coins for over 35 years and our co-owner grew up in a family owned and operated foundry for over 32 years specializing in bronze statues and awards & incentives in the private and public sectors.

Our goal is to see people invest in their future and own items that store value like precious metals. To see people accumulate wealth instead of spending their hard earned money on depreciating items or via debt accumulation.

CoinCrazyPA · October 17, 2017 8:30AM

Really nice looking piece, have to look into them.

291fifth · October 17, 2017 8:34AM

They should be marked "COPY". Non collectors could easily be fooled by them.

asheland · October 17, 2017 8:55AM

Very cool piece!

Zoins · October 17, 2017 9:05AM

@291fifth said:
They should be marked "COPY". Non collectors could easily be fooled by them.

They are doing more than the Smithsonian which has just put their initials "SI" on a piece and left it at that.

PRECIOUSMENTAL · October 17, 2017 2:35PM

Nice, thanks for posting.
I'll purchase some of their products when my bacon money comes in.
(I cure and smoke my own bacon, have a loyal customer base)

CascadeChris · October 17, 2017 4:14PM

@PRECIOUSMENTAL said:
Nice, thanks for posting.
I'll purchase some of their products when my bacon money comes in.
(I cure and smoke my own bacon, have a loyal customer base)

Can you ship to Cali?!

PRECIOUSMENTAL · October 17, 2017 4:25PM

Sorry, local bacon fans only.
The batch I just brought in was brine cured using apple juice mixed with the salt and curing agent.
I am fortunate to have a really good butcher friend, get great pork bellies off of him, nice and lean, (for bacon), still cooks up nice, SO much better than the store.
Also make 'buck board bacon', made from lean pork butts, dry cured, smoked, like a cross of bacon and ham.
OOPS, is a coin forum, Cold weather is sausage making, dry curing salami, pepperoni, etc.
I promise I'LL TRY HARD to NOT start a 'Meat And Coins Thread'!!!!

coinsarefun · October 17, 2017 8:42PM

I just saw a few more pieces today and gonna have to check them out

CaptHenway · October 17, 2017 9:13PM

@291fifth said:
They should be marked "COPY". Non collectors could easily be fooled by them.

Agree. They are "imitation numismatic items" according to the Hobby Protection Act of 1973.

jwitten · October 17, 2017 9:20PM

@CaptHenway said:

@291fifth said:
They should be marked "COPY". Non collectors could easily be fooled by them.

Agree. They are "imitation numismatic items" according to the Hobby Protection Act of 1973.

Excuse my ignorance.. what are they imitating?

BLUEJAYWAY · October 18, 2017 12:17AM

@PRECIOUSMENTAL said:
Sorry, local bacon fans only.
The batch I just brought in was brine cured using apple juice mixed with the salt and curing agent.
I am fortunate to have a really good butcher friend, get great pork bellies off of him, nice and lean, (for bacon), still cooks up nice, SO much better than the store.
Also make 'buck board bacon', made from lean pork butts, dry cured, smoked, like a cross of bacon and ham.
OOPS, is a coin forum, Cold weather is sausage making, dry curing salami, pepperoni, etc.
I promise I'LL TRY HARD to NOT start a 'Meat And Coins Thread'!!!!

You could always side step the rules by offering up a pix of a "slab"(Slabbed) piece of bacon.

Weiss · October 18, 2017 6:12AM

Our own dcarr has made similar pieces. Honestly, I think his are better:

_While some of Carr’s pieces are being struck in brass, and offered separately in gold as a special order, the remainder of the issues are being produced in silver.

Carr’s irregularly shaped silver cobs are being struck on poured blanks of silver that assayer David Emslie has refined using some 1715 Fleet silver, recovered in the form of low-grade cobs obtained from metal detecting finds in Florida. The melted silver was refined to .999 fine and then mixed with a larger amount of .999 fine silver, according to Carr._

https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2015/02/private-minter-uses-shipwreck-metal-in-cob-commemoratives.all.html

CaptHenway · October 18, 2017 6:19AM

@jwitten said:

@CaptHenway said:

@291fifth said:
They should be marked "COPY". Non collectors could easily be fooled by them.

Agree. They are "imitation numismatic items" according to the Hobby Protection Act of 1973.

Excuse my ignorance.. what are they imitating?

Read what it says on it. A 1733 4 Reales from the Mexico City Mint.

Is it a perfect simulation? No. Is it an "imitation" in accordance with the wording of the law? Yes.

jwitten · October 18, 2017 6:34AM

@CaptHenway said:

@jwitten said:

@CaptHenway said:

@291fifth said:
They should be marked "COPY". Non collectors could easily be fooled by them.

Agree. They are "imitation numismatic items" according to the Hobby Protection Act of 1973.

Excuse my ignorance.. what are they imitating?

Read what it says on it. A 1733 4 Reales from the Mexico City Mint.

Is it a perfect simulation? No. Is it an "imitation" in accordance with the wording of the law? Yes.

I don't read whatever language it is, lol. Thanks for the explanation!

PRECIOUSMENTAL · October 19, 2017 4:31PM

@BLUEJAYWAY said:

@PRECIOUSMENTAL said:
Sorry, local bacon fans only.
The batch I just brought in was brine cured using apple juice mixed with the salt and curing agent.
I am fortunate to have a really good butcher friend, get great pork bellies off of him, nice and lean, (for bacon), still cooks up nice, SO much better than the store.
Also make 'buck board bacon', made from lean pork butts, dry cured, smoked, like a cross of bacon and ham.
OOPS, is a coin forum, Cold weather is sausage making, dry curing salami, pepperoni, etc.
I promise I'LL TRY HARD to NOT start a 'Meat And Coins Thread'!!!!

You could always side step the rules by offering up a pix of a "slab"(Slabbed) piece of bacon.

Hallco · September 1, 2019 3:18PM

@Zoins said:
Here's an excerpt from their About Us page. Looks like they have a long burning passion for silver and foundry work.

MK BARZ AND BULLION is a family owned and operated private mint specializing in hand poured silver bullion and American coins exclusively minted in the United States.

We were established in Los Angeles, California in 2014 and provide service to anywhere in the United States and Canada.

Our primary owner has been grading and collecting, and hoarding American silver coins for over 35 years and our co-owner grew up in a family owned and operated foundry for over 32 years specializing in bronze statues and awards & incentives in the private and public sectors.

Our goal is to see people invest in their future and own items that store value like precious metals. To see people accumulate wealth instead of spending their hard earned money on depreciating items or via debt accumulation.

I know this is an old thread, but thought it was relevant. I have a bit of an obsession with watching people film tables at coin shows and then upload to Youtube! In one that I recently watched, they were talking to the husband and wife at the MK Barz table. I really liked some of the stuff they were showing. I have since inquired and commissioned them to do a couple of small custom pieces for me. When I explained what I was thinking, they asked me to send them pictures and replied that both that I asked about were possible. I'm not sure if they will be hand poured, stamped or laser...but I am excited to see the finished project. I will probably start a thread when I receive. Does anyone know what kind of time frame requests like this take? I'm not in a hurry, just curious and that part never came up in our discussions. Thanks for feedback if you have experience in this area!

Hemispherical · September 1, 2019 3:50PM

Old thread.

But, @Hallco brought it up so decided to check it out. A lot of custom items but found an interesting item for stackers.

Lincoln logs... stack away and build your own mini Ag-log cabin.

3stars · September 1, 2019 5:06PM

@CaptHenway said:

@jwitten said:

@CaptHenway said:

@291fifth said:
They should be marked "COPY". Non collectors could easily be fooled by them.

Agree. They are "imitation numismatic items" according to the Hobby Protection Act of 1973.

Excuse my ignorance.. what are they imitating?

Read what it says on it. A 1733 4 Reales from the Mexico City Mint.

Is it a perfect simulation? No. Is it an "imitation" in accordance with the wording of the law? Yes.

So it’s ok for someone to take a real coin and restrike a fantasy date on it but these are going too far?

Gluggo · September 1, 2019 5:19PM

I like it thank you for sharing!

Jimnight · September 1, 2019 6:06PM

Nice.

bsshog40 · September 1, 2019 8:23PM

Cool pickup!

jmski52 · September 2, 2019 5:14AM

I like it!

jmski52 · September 2, 2019 5:15AM

I like it!

CaptHenway · September 2, 2019 5:54AM

@3stars said:

@CaptHenway said:

@jwitten said:

@CaptHenway said:

@291fifth said:
They should be marked "COPY". Non collectors could easily be fooled by them.

Agree. They are "imitation numismatic items" according to the Hobby Protection Act of 1973.

Excuse my ignorance.. what are they imitating?

Read what it says on it. A 1733 4 Reales from the Mexico City Mint.

Is it a perfect simulation? No. Is it an "imitation" in accordance with the wording of the law? Yes.

So it’s ok for someone to take a real coin and restrike a fantasy date on it but these are going too far?

Please rephrase your question.

Its bullion but.....its still very cool

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