I know there's a decent amount of stuff out there.. Examples: Hershey's, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Camel cigarettes, etc. I've got a couple Coors Light (beer) bars. Made by Sunshine Mining Co., in the mid/late '70s. Got a bit of interest in things of this nature, if the design, condition & price are right. Oftentimes, though, at least one of those latter two aren't all that acceptable. Just wondering what else is out there. Any Aussie brands? Here's a cool little collection..
I don't think I have personally seen these 1 oz art bar with Australian brand/theme/design. I think this is an American thing that Australia never catch up on.
I have a 'House of Hawke" round But no one seems to have heard of the company or even knows what they did. Other than that I haven't come across anything like them.
What, no Vegemite Ag?? From what I've seen, US-based companies used to do it more in the 1960s, 70s & 80s. The most recent that I'm aware of is Camel (cigarettes), from back in the 90s, featuring Joe Camel. 1-oz 999 proof. Originally came inside a clam-shell with COA -- which I'm sure many probably reek of stale cig smoke, heh..
Samples of Coors Light bars.. They come in 1-oz, 5-oz & 10-oz versions. Two different mints produced them, one in the 70s, and the other in the 80s. (Mine are in better condition.. )
It looks like these bars were limited to the major American candy brands the back of each bar reads "Another fine product from Chocolate Town USA!" (which is located in Hershey, Pennsylvania) Perhaps these silver bars were sold in the local gift shops. I would like to know if the brand logos were produced for industries other than chocolate factories.
Not sure I understand your question exactly.. There are other examples out there aside from Hershey, which owns all those brands in the 1st post. Typically 1-oz bars & rounds.. though also 1/2, 5 & 10.. Camel (cigarettes), Coors Light (beer), General Motors (Chevy brand models, like Corvette, some pick-up truck, etc.) For chocolate, there's also a round for M&M's (which is Mars, not Hershey).. some 50th anniversary. Coca-Cola has a bunch, as does Disney (which has its own "brands" like Snow White, Mickey Mouse, etc.). I'm not heavily into these, so I'm sure there are others. Have to dig around. Which is what I'm sort of trying to do.
Top one from eBay. This one is "meh" to me but it's not bad. http://m.ebay.com/itm/161547184034?nav=SEARCH
There are a few results when you search for "The House of Hawke" though. http://www.jewelleryworld.net.au/2009/12/23/old-gold-stuarts-master-jewellers/ https://www.danel.ch/graham_k_daniels.html http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/themes/1944/emil-hafner-engraver-circa-1920s http://www.abrecht.com/images/2011_7_high.pdf http://www.galaxycoins.com.au/index...acturer_id=111&sort=p.model&order=ASC&page=50 an old newspaper page on news.google.com (but you need a subscription to read it), this is the quoted part of the text: The picture is hardly readable, even the date of the paper, but it looks like 27 december 1980 and an article at the bottom references january 1981 Then on this forum: RX47 Registered: 2012-10-23 Last Visit: 2012-12-14 http://forums.silverstackers.com/message-426819.html The picture there is like the very same as yours here, the same hair on it haha. Did you buy it from him or did you just use the pic for yours? Aside: that 1930-1980 50 years celebration "investment ingot", well, the average silver price was $16.393 in 1980 (and the year peak $50). We're now 35 year later and todays price is $16.52. Considering the rest shot up in price, the silver of that round was a pretty poor "investment" by his father. Although, the question was asked on 2012-11-02 when the silver price was over $30. So if he sold then, he got the double $ value his father paid. The buyer must atm be less happy. Yet, things can change, once again, in another temp price upspike in some future, where the previous generation suckers forward the loss to a next generation suckers. As long as there is a last sucker within the own investment/life horizon ofc.
OOHH the VEEWEE bar I might be able to get you a Mercedes Benz round to try & convince you for a swap
You need to return that 2nd one back to its originating country ASAP.. Nice bars. Me likey. Thanks for the share!
I was wondering about the Volkswagen 2 oz. bar, was that a give away when a customer purchased a car. Just wondering. I've seen that bar for sale from time to time and it commands a good premium. Congrats!
