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Weiss · January 29, 2020 9:05PM

Holy. Crap.

Weiss · January 29, 2020 9:28PM

AllEngelhard estimates the entire mintage of W series bars at <18,000.
It looks like @cmanbb has something like 1% of that entire mintage.

asheland · January 30, 2020 3:32PM

Bercume bullion local maker
I got this chunky bar today.

asheland · February 1, 2020 6:13PM

Today’s newp! Sterling George VI coronation spoon:

asheland · February 1, 2020 6:33PM

For those of you who may have missed the thread on the US board, here’s an exciting newp from Thursday!

LukeMarshall · February 1, 2020 8:19PM

^
Congratulations on the Charlotte gold!

cmanbb · February 2, 2020 1:13PM

@asheland said:
For those of you who may have missed the thread on the US board, here’s an exciting newp from Thursday!

Love the Charlotte gold!!

cmanbb · February 2, 2020 1:16PM

Small addition to the gold stack last week. Added the Rothschild 5 Tolas (1.875oz). Family pic of 5 Tolas and 50g Rothchild.

ShadyDave · February 2, 2020 3:24PM

@cmanbb said:
Small addition to the gold stack last week. Added the Rothschild 5 Tolas (1.875oz). Family pic of 5 Tolas and 50g Rothchild.

😍

ricko · February 3, 2020 8:36AM

@cmanbb....Very nice Charlotte gold and those Tolas and Rothschild are awesome....Drool worthy for us gold bugs...Cheers, RickO

asheland · February 3, 2020 12:16PM

Great stuff! And thanks for the compliments!

Kliao · February 3, 2020 2:25PM

@Kliao said:
Cheapest gold I’ve found in a while. My scale broke so I done know the weight as of now.
3 pins all for $2
1 10k
2 14k

Update

I got my new scales.

10k - 2.2g
14k - 5.82g

So scrap is $219.16

Woo Hoo!

asheland · February 4, 2020 7:26PM

Today’s Newp. Another Silver Wolf, this one hammered! So cool!

ricko · February 5, 2020 7:45AM

@asheland.....Now that hammered Wolf is really cool.... I would buy that one if I had seen it.... Dang, you guys are corrupting me.... Cheers, RickO

asheland · February 6, 2020 9:03AM

@ricko I'm not sure how it works, but he sells them on Instagram. I can vouch that he is honest and genuinely cares that people like their products.

ricko · February 6, 2020 11:49AM

@asheland....Thanks... I will check it out....Cheers, RickO

clarke442 · February 7, 2020 5:33AM

Always a sucker for something shiny

asheland · February 7, 2020 4:07PM

Super excited! I just got this beauty:

asheland · February 8, 2020 1:01PM

I went ahead and got the other one!
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JohnnyCache · February 8, 2020 5:55PM

@asheland

Man, you have been on fire lately - and all of it really nice stuff!
Congratulations on all of your most recent pickups.

asheland · February 8, 2020 6:51PM

@JohnnyCache said:
@asheland

Man, you have been on fire lately - and all of it really nice stuff!
Congratulations on all of your most recent pickups.

Thank you!

asheland · February 8, 2020 6:52PM

Here’s a quick video of today’s bar:

https://youtu.be/f1Wqm6d8A5Q

Downtown1974 · February 9, 2020 11:16AM

I’m so happy to add this beauty to my gold type set! Looks spectacular in hand. This MS64 looks nicer than my MS65 Saint.

asheland · February 9, 2020 4:36PM

@Downtown1974 said:
I’m so happy to add this beauty to my gold type set! Looks spectacular in hand. This MS64 looks nicer than my MS65 Saint.

That’s awesome!!!

ricko · February 10, 2020 8:57AM

@Downtown1974....Very impressive gold... really nice luster...Cheers, RickO

cmanbb · February 10, 2020 9:07AM

@asheland post reminded me of a few 20's I had stashed a few years ago in my keeper box.

asheland · February 10, 2020 9:13AM

@cmanbb said:
@asheland post reminded me of a few 20's I had stashed a few years ago in my keeper box.

Seriously cool!!!

asheland · February 10, 2020 5:49PM

Today’s mail:

Downtown1974 · February 10, 2020 6:00PM

@asheland said:
Today’s mail:

Spectacular! If I’m not mistaken, those Colonial bars were made by Engelhard.

cmanbb · February 10, 2020 6:25PM

@Downtown1974 said:

@asheland said:
Today’s mail:

Spectacular! If I’m not mistaken, those Colonial bars were made by Engelhard.

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From what I've learned, this colonial bar was not made by engelhard.

Engelhard did produce a bar for Colonial Refining as seen here, of which only 2 have been documented. I'm sure more were most likely made, but have yet to surface......yet!!

Downtown1974 · February 10, 2020 6:31PM

@cmanbb said:

@Downtown1974 said:

@asheland said:
Today’s mail:

Spectacular! If I’m not mistaken, those Colonial bars were made by Engelhard.

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From what I've learned, this colonial bar was not made by engelhard.

Engelhard did produce a bar for Colonial Refining as seen here, of which only 2 have been documented. I'm sure more were most likely made, but have yet to surface......yet!!

That makes sense cmanbb. The font on your bar resembles the Engelhard logo more so than the version Asheland shared.

cmanbb · February 10, 2020 6:35PM

@Downtown1974
I do not own this bar. I remember when they surfaced a couple years ago, and who the buyers were at that time. I think they're still in those same collectors hands.

Downtown1974 · February 10, 2020 6:40PM

@cmanbb is it the p series that is so rare? I could swear I’ve seen that style bar with that logo posted on a metal porn thread in the past.

cmanbb · February 10, 2020 7:01PM

@Downtown1974 said:
@cmanbb is it the p series that is so rare? I could swear I’ve seen that style bar with that logo posted on a metal porn thread in the past.

No...P series bars are the most common engelhards. There are a few rarer bars that start with a P prefix like this.....

And a few other P000xx bars

asheland · February 10, 2020 7:17PM

Awesome bars!

asheland · February 11, 2020 2:11PM

Newp today from Mr Bercume himself:

Kliao · February 12, 2020 4:15PM

I bought these on Friday and received them today. They came from the same seller.
3 nice English sterling silver pieces. A salt cellar and 2 shakers. Combined weight of 247.5g
And a large 800 silver tray that was made in Germany. Weighs 406.7g
I paid $110 for all of it. A great deal on eBay!

Downtown1974 · February 12, 2020 5:16PM

Tremendous score @Kliao !!!

Kliao · February 12, 2020 5:30PM

@Downtown1974 said:
Tremendous score @Kliao !!!

Thanks! Been a while since I scored on eBay

asheland · February 12, 2020 5:34PM

Score!!

asheland · February 12, 2020 5:47PM

I got these on eBay recently. It may not seem like a score, but they are scarce and I got the pair for $100 shipped:
Arthur Stone shop, Gardner, MA
c.1925-30 by Charles Brown spoonmaker and chased & pierced likely by Arthur Stone himself:

I’ve seen single pieces fetch far north of $100 and the food pusher is seldom seen...

asheland · February 12, 2020 5:48PM

They’re completely hand made

Kliao · February 12, 2020 5:53PM

@asheland said:
Score!!

The English silver is a nice addition to my collection of English silver

Kliao · February 12, 2020 5:55PM

@asheland

nice set. Hopefully I didn’t scrap any of his stuff . It’s a baby fork and food pusher correct?

Downtown1974 · February 12, 2020 6:10PM

Great set @asheland. Interesting information too.

cmanbb · February 12, 2020 6:14PM

A pair of illusive bars from Anaheim CA. location.

This second pic is comparing the earliest know 2- digit serial # to a later 2 digit serial # using a larger mould.

asheland · February 13, 2020 11:51AM

@Kliao said:
@asheland

nice set. Hopefully I didn’t scrap any of his stuff . It’s a baby fork and food pusher correct?

Exactly. There were spoons, forks, food pushers, knifes, even cups and plates.

ricko · February 14, 2020 7:34AM

@Kliao ....Really nice score on that silver... I would love to find a salt cellar like that. Cheers, RickO

asheland · February 14, 2020 11:07AM

@cmanbb said:
A pair of illusive bars from Anaheim CA. location.

This second pic is comparing the earliest know 2- digit serial # to a later 2 digit serial # using a larger mould.

I like those!

cmanbb · February 14, 2020 11:21AM

@asheland said:

@cmanbb said:
A pair of illusive bars from Anaheim CA. location.

This second pic is comparing the earliest know 2- digit serial # to a later 2 digit serial # using a larger mould.

I like those!

Thanks @asheland. Very difficult to find these 2 digit bars, and a bit pricey, but hey....ya can't take it with you...lol

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