Rare, Collectable and Vintage Gold Bars.

One of the rarest 1oz bars I managed to source some time ago.
Only available for sale to shareholders of Hill End Gold Ltd and the sale of these bars are strictly allocated to the number of shares you own.
The gold used in the casting of these bars is supposed to be mined by them.

 

Do ancient treasure hoards qualify for this thread?

I love seeing the pictures of antique worked gold that's been sitting in seawater or been buried for hundreds of years and they're still shiny as new.

200 year old Spanish ship wreck gold:


850 year old buried crusader gold:


2000 year old Crimean gold plus silver and mostly bronze:

...close up of the ring:

 

they showed the clip that top pic was taken from on the cbc doc zone "The Secret World Of Gold". It was on cbc the other day and was a really good documentary cool to see the same pic here.

 

Some very rare gold rounds
I believe these two rounds are probably from the original trial strike while they were doing some fine tuning for the official coins.
As you can see from the XRF tests even the fineness is different (19ct) whereas the released coins was .750 fine gold (18ct)
Weight of these rounds are also uneven. One round weights 32.16 grams; the other 28.07grams

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/21/style/pastimes-coins.html

 

Can anyone help to identify this little 1oz bar and does it carry a premium.

Thanks in advance


Source:

 

http://www.pjwilliams.com.au/services/precious-metals-and-bullion.asp

 

Well I finally managed to find some of those 1oz harringtons you started this thread off with

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I've got this one recently, although not gold...

 

Anywhere I can find more info about Harringtons bars? I googled it and not much info about this bullion company beside a few newspaper advertisements in the 70s and 80s.

 

There is a section for rare silver.

 

Of which I'll provide the thread as it's not a sticky and the information that he's looking for;

Harrington Mettalurgist Pty was an Australian mint that joined with the Perth Mint in the late 1990's.

Goldbarsworldwide

 

Thank you.

 

An early 1990s 10gram Logam Mulia round that may be of interest to our Indonesian stackers

 

Great thread --- im moving post (proceed)

 

Here's one for the Engelhard collectors.
Vintage Engelhard Bar.........

 

My new addition! If anyone can shed a bit of light on the history of this style of bar that would be great!

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is that a private refiner mark?

 

I believe it is an Engelhard mark, the same as can be seen on some of these silver bars. But I cannot find any info on a gold version.

http://about.ag/Engelhard-OddSizes.htm