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  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,698 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Recent little pickup.
    Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe these were made by Engelhard?

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  • rte592rte592 Posts: 1,926 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 7, 2025 12:05AM

    @Kliao said:
    Recent little pickup.
    Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe these were made by Engelhard?

    I'm not saying you're wrong, but :o
    National Refiners was a separate entity,
    You may be thinking COLONIAL or ROYAL

  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,698 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @rte592 said:

    @Kliao said:
    Recent little pickup.
    Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe these were made by Engelhard?

    I'm not saying you're wrong, but :o
    National Refiners was a separate entity,
    You may be thinking COLONIAL or ROYAL

    That may be it. Shows you how much I know about vintage silver. No wonder I couldn’t find it on Allengelhard. I should stick to coins :D

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  • rte592rte592 Posts: 1,926 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Kliao said:

    @rte592 said:

    @Kliao said:
    Recent little pickup.
    Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe these were made by Engelhard?

    I'm not saying you're wrong, but :o
    National Refiners was a separate entity,
    You may be thinking COLONIAL or ROYAL

    That may be it. Shows you how much I know about vintage silver. No wonder I couldn’t find it on Allengelhard. **I should stick to coins **:D

    Nah, vintage silver has its own degree of cool that the average coins lack

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,891 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Goldminers said:
    Thanks to @taxmad I have added these two into the silver stack.

    Similar bars that I believe are a bit older vintage, but not as shiny as the ones @asheland had with the magic mushrooms in the corner.

    Very cool 👍

    Eventually, I will try to track down that variety

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,891 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This was a cool pick up this week:

  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 9,012 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Impulse purchase yesterday.
    This high relief Canada Peace Dollar is really pretty. Only 3000 minted apparently.

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  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 9,012 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 26, 2025 9:51AM

    I really like the Halley's comet pieces!

  • USMC_6115USMC_6115 Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was holding off on grabbing a roll of these.. always wanted one.. But figured I should act if I really want them so I pulled the trigger B)

  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,313 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is one very cool roll! :)

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,961 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool silver bars with reeded edges yet which is a nice feature. What does the reverse look like? B)

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  • USMC_6115USMC_6115 Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    Very cool silver bars with reeded edges yet which is a nice feature. What does the reverse look like? B)

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,961 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice looking reverse. I like they come in a rectangular tube of 20 coins. B)

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,891 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @USMC_6115 said:

    @PerryHall said:
    Very cool silver bars with reeded edges yet which is a nice feature. What does the reverse look like? B)

    I don’t own any, but I’ve seen those in person, they’re very very well-made!

    Scottsdale makes some terrific stuff.

  • USMC_6115USMC_6115 Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:

    @USMC_6115 said:

    @PerryHall said:
    Very cool silver bars with reeded edges yet which is a nice feature. What does the reverse look like? B)

    I don’t own any, but I’ve seen those in person, they’re very very well-made!

    Scottsdale makes some terrific stuff.

    Yah, like I said I've been looking at them for a while. I paid up, but if silver keeps going, and I have no reason to think it won't, it would hurt more later.

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I bought more.

    Been telling you guys for years that modern graded bullion will have its day. In a world of counterfeiting with no enforcement, the authenticity of high grade coins that have been melted in large numbers results in a significant premium.

    I only paid 42 each and I'm going to make money on every one of them after grading fees. I kinda don't care that they're not 18/ea.

    I've been making real good money in a niche gold and silver jewelry market, so I got more of that, too. People just pay whatever you ask and don't care and I've never experienced anything like this in my life. I'm just making up numbers half the time.

    Really appreciate all the advice you guys have given me over the years. Even if some of it wasn't entirely correct it has led me here.

  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 7,050 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Azurescens are you making money after grading fees on the ones that don’t come back a 70?
    That’s great if you are!

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,891 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @psuman08 said:
    My latest, waffle back with ‘reverse’ convex stamping impression of the top line found on the observe.


    That’s awesome! I definitely wanna find one of those at some point… I also need a W prefix waffle back.

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Downtown1974 said:
    @Azurescens are you making money after grading fees on the ones that don’t come back a 70?
    That’s great if you are!

    Yes sir, people who collect them know none of these coins were ever meant to be perfect as we understand them to be today. Just like with anything else keys are important. The low mintages are actually even lower because milk spots were problematic for a long period of time and even got worse up until recently. So there's really not a ton of them.

    Sometimes it means making 40 bucks after fees but that random errant top pop toner to the right person makes it worth it.

    Some years toned strangely for whatever reason, like 1988s got a weird rusty red to them. Some years get a really nice blue you only see in modern artificial toners (and I submit them in their OGP just to be safe).

    There's like way more to it than just modern bullion in a 20 dollar slab and people are noticing.

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,891 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here are some cool pick ups recently…
    I’m already ahead just based on spot price… B)

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,891 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    And this appears to be a scarce variety, it looks like one of their earlier bars…

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bought with blurry/horrible photos. Regretted paying what I did until I opened the package and saw this.

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My wife just found this at work today.

  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,791 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bought these a while back, prospector bars in my BST listing:

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  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 7,050 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @derryb said:
    Bought these a while back, prospector bars in my BST listing:

    I love that set. Almost pulled the trigger on it when you first listed it. Too bad the 2 oz. isn’t a prospector as well.

  • psuman08psuman08 Posts: 398 ✭✭✭✭

    DMS (Dallas Metals and Smelting) 5.1 oz double logo bar. Any idea what the stamping error (double logo) adds to the value?

  • dcarrdcarr Posts: 9,265 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @psuman08 said:
    DMS (Dallas Metals and Smelting) 5.1 oz double logo bar. Any idea what the stamping error (double logo) adds to the value?

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    I have seen that brand before, but not a double hallmark. My guess is that it would add about $30, but there is not much to base that guess on.

    People often call these "DMS" bars. But the logo is actually "DMSI" (Dallas Metals and Smelting Inc.).

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