I just bought my first bar that's big enough to be stamped with a number. My question is if anyone knows how they generate these numbers and do they ever duplicate? I just like having a number in case someone jacks my stack, I got at least numbers for the police to help track them. Thanks for any info on this subject!
They're either stamped on (like those old rubber date stamps) or laser etched. They'd never duplicate because that's the whole point of a serial number, it's unique to that bar/product. AFAIK, only fakes would ever have the same serial. As it's Silvertowne, I'd Google the brand + number just in case.
Thanks House. Well I only buy direct from Silvertowne, I won't risk saving a few cents on Free bay to get a fake. now if someone in the post office is switching out fakes....then I think everyone would have a problem!
Just don't place pics of your bar on the web, or you may see it back on ebay somewhere. Some people are too lazy, or lack to equipment to make a picture, so they grab one from the web. I once found a local ebay auction for a coin with a certificate, and in the same search results it showed another ebay auction in australia, certificate same serial number. It turnt out that both had copied the pic from the web.
Hahaha! That is lazy! I'm surprised they just didn't copy the stock footage one from the mint! Yeah, I don't intend on sharing that number anywhere but in my personal logs.
