Trying to find mint date for a 1 kilo Suisse Gold silver bar

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  1. gregATX

    gregATX New Member

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    Greetings, new member here.

    I recently acquired a 1 kilo silver bar off the secondary market and am looking to get some history on it. Google can generally make quick work of a task like this but to my surprise I have been unable to make any real headway. The bar serial number is 0067. Is there anyone out there that has a low s/n bar like this one and happen to know the approximate mint date or year? Thanks in advance!

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    Cheers,
    Greg
     
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    chrissilver Member Silver Stacker

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    Hi Greg. Welcome to SS!

    I think this is better posted in the main Silver section on silver stackers. You will get more replies.

    I think this question and comments section is mainly for questions and comments referring to the forum.

    But I am sure GP or another mod will move if if required :)

    I can't help you with date unfortunately. All I can say is that it's definitely vintage :D There are a lot of vintage bar collectors here though, so someone can probably give you the exact info you need. I am sure someone will be alone shortly :)
     
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    gregATX New Member

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    Chris, thanks for the reply. Your right, this probably should be in the main Silver forum. Is there a way I can do this or do I just need to contact an admin?
     
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    spannermonkey Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Under your original post there is a "report" button use it & explain yourself ;)
     
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    Altima Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Hmm Suisse Gold. All i know is that is comes from a company "Suisse Gold", which has some reputation for not honoring their orders in the past.

    Apparently they are not exactly a Swiss company.
     
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    Sure looks nice. Wish I had it
     
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    gregATX New Member

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    Well, looks like this is quite the rare bar indeed!!!

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    Thanks everyone, looks like I have my answer.
     
    gregATX, Apr 9, 2015
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    TreasureHunter Well-Known Member

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    Yes and they also have a bad reputation regarding customer service.
     
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    TreasureHunter Well-Known Member

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    "Looks nice"? Forgive me, but that's such an ugly cast bar. Wouldn't you rather have a nice minted bar?
     
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    No I like the rougher looking poured bars
     
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    ^ OK. Poured is rougher than cast, right...
     
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    TreasureHunter - for someone who has been on this site for as long as you have you would think that you had learned something, but clearly you have not.

    1.) The bar at the top is a poured bar, not a cast bar.
    2.) Jkenosh said that he liked poured bars over your suggestion of minted.
    3.) Then you turn around and say "...Poured is rougher than cast, right..."

    Feel dumb yet?
     
    gregATX, Apr 12, 2015
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