A proper silver bar

[mr-dead]

Forget your 10oz Gairsoppa shipwreck bars, this is the real deal.

1041.1 oz (32.38kg)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SS-Gairsoppa-Silver-Ingot-Shipwreck-Silver-Very-Rare/263864592096?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

If I had a little more tinder I would consider this.

Dont forget to get  your £50 off with the current ebay code

[sixgun]

i would have got it but it's only 999.3

[5huggy]

WOW! thats a lump I would love to have for the history alone - but i dont think they would accept "best offer of 5K!" LOL

[boon]

holy cow that's amazing

and here i was happy with my 1/4 oz britannia gairsoppa 

[5huggy]

and it just sits on someone's kitchen side (note microwave) - -  

[richatthecroft]

56 minutes ago, mr-dead said:

 

Forget your 10oz Gairsoppa shipwreck bars, this is the real deal.

 1041.1 oz (32.38kg)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SS-Gairsoppa-Silver-Ingot-Shipwreck-Silver-Very-Rare/263864592096?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

If I had a little more tinder I would consider this.

Dont forget to get  your £50 off with the current ebay code 

 

 

Around £606 per kilo  reasonable for a piece of history....

...this would make for a marvellous focal point in a large home/office.

I would say it’s a bargain for someone

 

[mr-dead]

That is before haggling.

You would also be praying you avoid the VAT on that delivery

 

[Blockhead]

Perfect for my forum name! 

See if postie can fit it through the letterbox

[mr-dead]

We should do a forum crowd fund and buy it as investment with the bar held by admin.

Shares held in the bar can be bought & sold with the aim in the game to hold them all then take physical delivery

 

I would throw in a few £k .

 

Or how about a ByB Gairosoppa edition

[MickB]

It says they may not post to the United Kingdom but I can't see them turning down a sale.

[SILVERFINGER]

29 minutes ago, sixgun said:

i would have got it but it's only 999.3

Thats all the bits of exploded ship, torpedos and other stuff wedged in it when it was sunk.

[richatthecroft]

6 minutes ago, MickB said:

It says they may not post to the United Kingdom but I can't see them turning down a sale.

I would say they would ship it for the asking price they wouldn’t turn that sale down...like @mr-dead says though, I can picture the HMRC man waiting at the port with his clipboard and holding out his hand for the import duty.  

The crowdfund is an interesting proposition. 

[boon]

would a poured "ripple u-boat" be kinda ironic made from this? dust off your mould plans @BackyardBullion  

[BackyardBullion]

@mr-dead

I love the idea of a community share fund like this - I doubt it would be possible though - think of the logistics to manage it and also keep track of who owns what share!

One day - when I have a proper secure workshop and can do silver pouring experience days, we could have this as the base for The Silver Forum. Come along and see the bar and pour some silver!

We can but dream I suppose!

[Martlet]

44 minutes ago, MickB said:

It says they may not post to the United Kingdom but I can't see them turning down a sale.

Think that's an ebay default because they havent set international shipping. 

So when do we see the ship/uboat design for the moulds? 

[mr-dead]

8 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

@mr-dead

I love the idea of a community share fund like this - I doubt it would be possible though - think of the logistics to manage it and also keep track of who owns what share!

You just set up a blockchain with 24,000 coins (Gairosoppa coin)

1 coin = £1 = 1 share of the silver bar.

Fully transparent and secure and people can easily buy and sell.

[CadmiumGreen]

Setting up a GoFundMe account as we speak...“Free fundraising for the people and causes you care about” to ADOPT this incredible Silver piece of history! But, I do like @mr-deads idea. Will need an unsinkable “silver child” custody agreement however.

 

[Bullionaire]

51 minutes ago, richatthecroft said:

I would say they would ship it for the asking price they wouldn’t turn that sale down...like @mr-dead says though, I can picture the HMRC man waiting at the port with his clipboard and holding out his hand for the import duty.  

*desperately yanks at the ships plug* "Oh darn, would you look at that Mr taxman, it's only gone and sunk again!"...

[caloundracats]

Surely it's second hand therefore not VAT payable?

[caloundracats]

Open to offers. Could be worth a cheap flight over and bring it back as luggage?

[CadmiumGreen]

I could just drive down there and pick it up.?

[caloundracats]

This is only an ounce but more in my budget. In the UK too. Only 8 available. Certified as using silver recovered from the Gairsoppa. For those that are interested.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-SS-Gairsoppa-1oz-Silver-round-Shipwreck-Silver/132664894406?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D52543%26meid%3Dea473d00a4d745e59d88b255410ffe6d%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D9%26sd%3D263864592096%26itm%3D132664894406&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

 

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Got a boat too @CadmiumGreen ? You'd be welcomed to the UK?

[CadmiumGreen]

I would have to do a cross-Atlantic crossing in my kayak...which surprisingly, I think could make it across the pond in...not a Klepper, but the US version of one used by our Special Forces.

[mr-dead]

7 minutes ago, caloundracats said:

This is only an ounce but more in my budget. In the UK too. Only 8 available. Certified as using silver recovered from the Gairsoppa. For those that are interested.

@CadmiumGreen ? You'd be welcomed to the UK?

I prefer it as its recovered, once its been melted down, refined and recast its lost its shipwreck status for me.

[caloundracats]

Right, give us a heads up on ETA @CadmiumGreen and I'll get down the port to welcome you to the UK.

I agree @mr-dead but more affordable.