- ENGELHARD 10 OZ SILVER BAR SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP STAMPED SERIAL NUMBERS
- ENGELHARD 10 OZ SILVER BAR SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP STAMPED PLUS
The subsequent hardening of the silver from the initial stamping, and the non-uniform surfaces, made serialising the bars as a separate step very difficult, resulting in many misstrikes that were culled, and non-uniform serial number impressions. Now once the bar has been stamped with those initial stamps, it appears that the silver bar "work hardens", and the bar is slightly deformed into the unique shapes seen on every bar. The bars have the normal "ENGELHARD AUSTRALIA" stamp on the front, same as the 5oz and 10oz bars already in distribution, and on the back, they feature a two line stamp "999+ SILVER" "2 TROY OZ". The way these bars are manufactured (they are cast, then pressed) results in some non-uniform shapes, making the stamping process difficult. Presumably the range of 00001 to 01000 was stamped on bars - I received a mix of bars from the 200s through to the 500s.
ENGELHARD 10 OZ SILVER BAR SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP STAMPED SERIAL NUMBERS
After a discussion with the distributor regarding the process of getting these bars produced, I did some sorting and research on the bars at my disposal, and have identified FOUR varieties amongst these bars that makes for interesting collector information.įirstly, 1000 bars were serialised after delivery from the original foundry with unique serial numbers (more on that later!), before a commercial decision was made to cease stamping the bars with serial numbers. They also have platinum and palladium bars ( with assay )but their premium is average.Recently I received a lot of the new 2oz Engelhard Australia bars for my personal stack. The 2.5 gram ( never seen one ) the 10 gram one and the 1/10 and 1/4 rounds carry huge premiums. The 1 gram, 5 gram and 1 ounce bars carry the smallest premium. I am always interested in the 1 Gram ( with assay card) so if anyone has any to sell please let me know. The larger bars were probably sold to investors. Then C, D, E have the bull sign but not the m.c then after they no longer have the bull or the m.cįrom what i can gather these are circa 1982-1986 and were most likely used as incentives for companies to give to employes, especially Air Alaska which used them as frequent flyer reward.
ENGELHARD 10 OZ SILVER BAR SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP STAMPED PLUS
There are small details like letter A and B both have the engelhard logo with the bull sign plus the m.c. The one gram bars are the most fun with a letter prefix from A to N and four digits after that. They are fairly popular on ebay but most dealers will not pay more than spot, they would also sell them for around spot. I actually collect the little 1 gram bars with their assay cards. I'll get images up later today if they are requested. Likewise, searching ebay for active and closed auctions has not helped. What might be the premiums, if any, that these bars should be valued at or that they might be sold at? I have looked through the board archives going back over a year and have not found the information that I am looking for. These were purchased sometime between 19 and the Engelhard cards contain the address of Iselin, NJ on them. At this time I have one of each the 1g, 0.5 troy ounce and 1.0 troy ounce. Each bar is 0.9999 fine gold and has a serial number stamped into it that matches the serial number on the assay card and also the serial number on the accompanying white cardstock envelope that houses the bar-assay card combination.
I have in my possession three Engelhard gold bars and each is within a close fitting, supple plastic sleeve that is then stapled to an assay card. I've been attempting to locate some information, but have not been satisfied with what I have found thus far.
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