I said go Chip to encourage him on his quest for the Monalisa but he hid not purchase this one..... The purchaser will remain private as per our agreement but I published the price as so many people were keen to know how much this RARE bar sold for. I new record for a 10oz bar I would suggest...?????
Did someone Rang? 1300 CHIP hotline ^^^^ *#@%%&**???? Hey Bro, I was very sad couldn't say a word since the bids ended..... I happened to have napped and you Sold me Bar??? :| very sad now!!!!! Thanks for the encouragement....Anyway congratulation to the winner...
I finally get over from my states of shocked. 1. A new Record for 10 oz class of it own " Low mintage " 2. The Highest in terms $$$ for 10 oz PM bar in the forum 3. Probably the highest $$$ ever Sold in Australia for 10 oz bar. 4. Don't compare Orange with Apple, the public in Australia might not have heard of Engelhard name but they do recognise The Perth Mint name certainly.... Have a nice day !!!
The ripper brought for big money recently. I wonder what MONA LISA in this thread would bring if available on the market. Any guess?
Not sure what that has to do with anything. I assure you that the vast majority of the public in the US has never heard of Engelhard, either.. (And they'd probably think "Perth Mint" is some new product to put in their mouth to freshen their breath. :lol: )
smells a little like pump & dump. Not to crap on those who are paying serious money for old silver, but, it's seriously risky play from an investment point of view. There are people out there with hordes of old PM silver, and I bet grandchildren waiting for that will to kick in. Does not take big numbers to completely screw premiums in this game, and if you think that's unlikely to happen there is more than 1 member on this forum quietly having a chuckle. happened before will happen again, time is the only unknown.
I agree why not share and post a pic, you may help to slow down a lot of the pumping and dumping....in this type of bar
I am sure there are plenty of these old type bars around! its assumed that because they have not surfaced on silver forums or collector lists that the majority have been sold back and gone straight in the melting pot? why would you cash in your silver for cash when the purpose was to hide the cash in silver? Interest in buying Silver bars is ever growing but when many of these older style bars were made the average Joe blow thought Stirling was the best silver. Many of these bars would have been bought by those with an excess of cash and with intent to be passed on as wealth,and not too many with an excess of cash in WA would have ever found themselves in a positions to have to cash these bars in to be melted! Take a look at the PM round on All Engelhard http://allengelhard.com/the-collections/lesser-refiners/perth-mint/ There were less than a thousand minted same as many of these bars and I already have 4! These were possibly all most common visitors bought as a memento.Investment grade silver ingots were not a memento item and the reason they do not surface. bought in bulk stored in bulk. Nobody storing silver as wealth is going to cash in oz,s of silver "new lamps for old"! I think Most of these bars would still be locked away and almost forgotten about apart from the few bright sparks who realize an oz of silver is no longer just an oz of silver and they wouldnt be silly enough to flood the very profitable collector market they discovered.
