sixgun

A 1 kg bar is not really big, it is pretty standard. A 100 oz bar is big. It seems there was a time when silver bars were drilled out and tungsten put in - but it has never been during my time of buying bars. It certainly is an issue with gold bars and one of the reasons I don't buy them. Perhaps one day we will see tungsten filled silver bars again. Basic bullion coins like Maples and Britannias are at the cheaper end of the price range. Maples have had a bad rep in the past as they almost always would develop milk spot. I haven't followed this too closely but a few years ago the RCM said they had altered their production process to stop this. Stackers generally don't like milk spot and so a coin that is very likely to develop it won't command the same price. It ceases to be a collector type coin. Britannias also have milk spot problems. There are loads of Brits and Maples in the hands of members - there is nothing special about them - unless you are looking at one of the basic bullion type coins that have something special about them then why would anyone want to pay extra. Personally i am keen on different silver bars - especially vintage bars. When i have the spare cash i like to get them - i collect them. The 100 oz and 5kg silver bars are quite a price. This means fewer members have the spare cash to buy. The prices won't go so high as there is less competition. The relative price of bars to coins has fluctuated over time. Bars used to be cheaper here - then they get a bit more expensive. On average I wouldn't say the difference is big but at the moment it would not surprise me if you have seen the smaller bars going for higher prices. Perhaps its the fashion.

£400

You've obviously led a very sheltered life. No wonder you don't get emails.

More questions? I always get emails. How else can I keep ahead of the game?

In the email it said 10 oz of Coins & poured silver £240 Inc SD Yes it was a good deal despite silver having been stomped on - i was too busy swimming at the pool to notice this one - it is getting warmer now and warm enough for me to swim.

£96

Indeed the Masonic angle came to my mind when looking at the triangular mark. I thought i would wear this to show i was a member of the Illuminati.

Any ideas on the hallmark at the bottom of this piece? The 2000 is presumably the year 2000 but the Z year mark is 1999. This bears the Sheffield assay office rose and the crown for gold with a 375 purity. The IBB is International Bullion and Metal Brokers. So all of these are covered other than the almost triangular shape at the bottom of the piece.

£430

i am watching.

These please 1999 year of the rabbit 1oz £25 posted Christmas themed bar 1oz £23 posted

This is a matter of opinion about the design of some rounds and bars. Years of experience in the precious metal industry is almost irrelevant. This is a design issue. If the experience were in coin and bar design fair enough but it didn't seem like it would be. The question is, do the pieces show a flair, imagination, originality...? The Britannia bar does draw much from Royal Mint pieces, including the style of the logo and packaging. i think a discussion where someone were to 'express [his] 14 years of physical bullion trading and proprietary trading experience on precious metals.' would be a series of strawman arguments. There would be no winners as each contender would claim victory.

Special needs - I thought so.

@James32 @motorbikez

100 oz bars are quite big - i had a few until they were lost in a tragic boating accident. They are kind of doorstop size below that nah, personally i don't see kilos as big and certainly not too big.

Not mine - some blighter got in there before me.

I'll take it

I can't add anything. This bar is shown on the All Engelhard website, with a production run estimated at under 500 bars. Once I tried to track down some SilverTowne mint serial numbers - as I remember I actually contacted them directly - no records kept. It does make you wonder what the serial numbers are about if the manufacturer isn't keeping them, it's not as though that is a difficult thing to do. One could guess the 1980's and you would probably be right.

This is cheaper than goldsilver.be and of course there is the not inconsiderable shipping charge to add on. https://goldsilver.be/en/gold/4225-gold-china-panda-8-gr-2022-yuan-100-in-capsule.html

I'll take these

I will vouch for any regular member for a small fee.

Royal Mint just exports gold and silver coins - surely they couldn't get the commodity code wrong - i mean how many of these codes are they using?

Who are they?

A monster box will always be a hard sell on the forum - the obvious thing would be to break it up or fine it just doesn't shift. i was watching a video this morning where Steve St. Angelo and Bob Coleman were talking about prices, the retail / wholesale markets and COMEX in silver. Bob Coleman runs a US precious metal depository and Steve St Angelo is a commentator. Their views are very US centric. There was no mention of the Global South and how India is vacuuming up silver at the moment. This isn't happening in their world and somehow or other Bob Coleman thinks the US stacker market is influencing the silver price. St Angelo thought people were selling silver to get into US Treasuries - which is beyond deluded. The price of silver is rising - there is buying pressure in the 100's and 1000's of tonnes especially from India. i don't actually think there are that many people here who are on the buy for silver. There is a good deal of gold and silver coming up for sale. i wonder if members are thinking now is a good time to sell and those who trade are getting metal offered to them. i don't really have any idea what it is like in the UK at the moment but i get the impression times are hard for a good few. The temptation is there to sell and so the market balance shifts. What happens on the TSF is a reflection on what is happening with private collectors but no reflection on the world. So if members are growing jaded this doesn't mean the price of silver is about to crash; there will be corrections but price rises are inevitable. It may well be the price is too rich for some people here and they are dropping out. It would be interesting to have a poll - are you net buying / selling / treading water when it comes to silver. Personally i keep buying - some here, usually older bars and some silver inside the EU. The GS ratio is still over 85 - and this is cheap to me, so i keep topping up almost as a reflex.