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Is this silver bar anything or just worth silver value?

pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭✭

Not sure if this is anything or just some homemade silver bar. Thanks for any input!


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  • dcarrdcarr Posts: 9,115 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is it 1.0 troy oz, or some other weight ?

    It is definitely professionally made (not "home made").

    The text is laid out too perfectly (and on a smooth arc) to have been punched one letter at a time.
    So somebody had a single punch made specifically for that person's name.

    This bar is likely very rare. It would be worth a significant premium if it was associated with a mine, refiner, assayer, or finance/banking in some way. But the premium is limited because "Arthur J. Areias" is none of those things (as far as i can tell). If you can find out who that is (or was), it would certainly add value if they were associated with the activities I mentioned already.

  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭✭

    Thank you! I will try doing some more research to find out who this person is.
    It is one Troy ounce-31.1g.

    @dcarr said:
    Is it 1.0 troy oz, or some other weight ?

    It is definitely professionally made (not "home made").

    The text is laid out too perfectly (and on a smooth arc) to have been punched one letter at a time.
    So somebody had a single punch made specifically for that person's name.

    This bar is likely very rare. It would be worth a significant premium if it was associated with a mine, refiner, assayer, or finance/banking in some way. But the premium is limited because "Arthur J. Areias" is none of those things (as far as i can tell). If you can find out who that is (or was), it would certainly add value if they were associated with the activities I mentioned already.

  • tyler267tyler267 Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭✭

    I don't know anything about the bar, but it certainly has a great look to it, let us know what you find out.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,233 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's different and likable to

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,755 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pretty cool 👍

  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭✭

    Tried a google image search and the only similar one I saw was a 3oz bar that looked like this:

  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That definitely looks like the same Eagle stamp. I'm guessing you have a match but who is Arthur?

  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭✭

    That’s a good question lol. I tried googling that name but didn’t find anything in terms of bullion. Maybe this is a random dude who really did have a stamp made for himself? Maybe in case it got stolen?

    @Meltdown said:
    That definitely looks like the same Eagle stamp. I'm guessing you have a match but who is Arthur?

  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 8,912 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe some connection?

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