Home› Precious Metals

Rare or No rare?

gecko109gecko109 Posts: 8,231 ✭
in Precious Metals
It seems that about 95%+ of the old 10oz Engelhards I see in person or online are with a letter prefix serial number. This bar has no letter, just 5 places instead of 6 for the numbers, and has the weight expressed as 10.000 rather than simply 10oz as on most other bars. Earlier production perhaps? Rare or no rare?

image

Comments

  • WingsruleWingsrule Posts: 3,289 ✭✭✭✭
    Rarer than your average Engelhard. I believe they predate the letter/6 digit combo you refer to, but have no idea when they were made.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,787 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Another one I do not recall seeing.
    TD
    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • PreTurbPreTurb Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭
    Nice early bar. I believe most of the odd sizes (3,4,7,20) were of this type (5 numeral).
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,503 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice early bar but I doubt that it would bring much of a premium over other early Engelhard bars.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • bstat1020bstat1020 Posts: 2,157 ✭✭
    Early bar. One of the first type I think. No premium to the average joe.
    Madelyn's Birth Year Registry Set, Sophia's Birth Year Registry Set, My 10 Best Coins
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,371 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have a few 10 ouncers with the general setup your shows. But mine have 6 digit serial numbers starting with a number 1. The 10.000 weight follows the .999+ fineness. About 10% of the bars have this setup, but none with just 5 digits.

    roadrunner
    Barbarous Relic No More, LSCC -GoldSeek--shadow stats--SafeHaven--321gold
Sign In or Register to comment.