What condition should I expect my Perth Mint silver bar to be?

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  1. renovator

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    & still drooling .Thats how you make a bar it makes PM & pamp look like a bunch of amateurs Did anyone actually find out the brand of them & where you get them Id happily buy some of them if the premiums werent to high
     
  2. Guest

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    (I suppose we could say the bars have "character" or "history". )


    Haha If you want to get all fancy word like. :)
     
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    renovator, that's a computer generated image :)
     
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    Not me :(
     
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    Took the words right outta my mouth, I only have two poured bars and I love that they look 'street-wise' LOL
     
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    Mud Gecko Active Member Silver Stacker

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    Bron, do your "buy back" bars get re-refined or do you just add them to the pile for resale?
     
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    Bit Coins never looked so good.

    CedricDaniels, more than happy to swap your so called poor condition bars for my "character" bars.
     
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    Well thats a bit dissapointing.
     
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    Paper silver ? Tell me more how much over spot is it? Can i hold it? Will it fit in my safe? When TSHF will i be able to buy food with it? Can i swap it for real estate? Will it retain its premiums? Does it have numismatic value? Is it encapsulated? Does it have a COA ?Presentation box? :p:
     
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    Great photo from a good compact camera (Panasonic DMC-TZ15) ;)
    Bars don't look half as bad as some of the others in this topic, but yes far from ideal.
     
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    "They look like a dead flamingo"

    Wonder how many people will get that.
    GASP!! What a statement lol
     
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    Here's a messy one for ya...

    [​IMG]
     
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    looks like its had a pretty hard life Gin-Kin :O
     
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    bron suchecki Active Member Silver Stacker

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    It depends on whether there are buyers at the time people are selling back. Usually it is everyone buying or everyone selling, rarely balanced. In those cases we melt down as we can't just sit on it as we don't know when the buying will return. FYI, anything that is not made by us is melted down no matter in what condition - company policy is to only sell our stuff. You'd cry if you saw some of the stuff melted, but when the selling is on, it is on.
     
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    Do you get first dips before an external item is melted down?
     
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    Actually that's got some nice crystallisation - has to cool at just the right rate for that to happen.
     
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    No special deals for staff, it is all bagged and off to the refinery pretty quickly.

    I notice that too, I would actually consider that a unique and positive feature.
     
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    If you want a great looking bar buy a Southern Cross 10 ounce stacker. There great mate.
     
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    I possibly have one of the best looking 10oz pm bars around (old small PM stamp) - sorry to gloat.
    From memory, no dint/streeks/wages/etc - and it even has the hologram effect on the surface (from being wrapped in some kind of plastic (such as glad wrap) while still warm (so i have read).
    Unfortunately, given the pictures here, not all 10ozers are like this...
     

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