AC&B story???

Bigfella

Bigfella

Well-Known Member
Silver Stacker
Who knows the full AC&B story?

I believe they started the business and then ABC shut them down as the business name was to similar to theirs?

Any more info would be great and if anyone has AC& B bars to sell/

Kind Regards

Bigfella
 
That's not what happened
It was a complex partnership ,they bought a refinery & they had grand plans which never happened
Refinery was sold I believe & the 2 major players went of on their own
No such court case happened between ABC & AC&B
The court case was between ABC Melb & Sydney , Sydney company won the court case
 
Thanks Guys

I only ask as I sold a couple of AC&B 1oz Gold buttons last year and I was told in that thread the story about them being shut down.
 
Bigfella said:
Thanks Guys

I only ask as I sold a couple of AC&B 1oz Gold buttons last year and I was told in that thread the story about them being shut down.
Click to expand...
AC&B was restructured into 888 refining ,partners left ,got sold of to somebody else
Not sure if 888 refining is still around
But the main players are still around under different name
 
Needless to say not many AC&B bars in circulation then?????

I have a 20oz, 500grm, 1kg & 2kg and I know there are 2 different 1kg styles. All with serial Numbers.

10678_20oz_ac_and_b_silver_bar.jpg

10678_500_gram_acb_bar_1.jpg

10678_1kg_acb_623_3.jpg

10678_2kg_acb_00455_2.jpg
 
Correct
Not that many made to start with
Don't know about numbers
They weren't popular to start with
888 would be less in number and were less popular again
 
Was 888 owned by an Eastern partner?
888 would still be in business if they had leased their bars ;)


REDBACK
 
I have some 1 KG silver bars minted by AC&B - i don't see any serial numbers on them, just a triangle hallmark and a AC&B letters on them...can i sell these to any silver merchants...and will they pay the going rate for bullion?
 
found today a 2kg AC&B silver bar with serial-must be rare going after the above comments
 
AC&B did indeed become 888. Sady, 888 are no longer around. They are a great group of guys and are still around in one form or another
 
AsAg said:
I have some 1 KG silver bars minted by AC&B - i don't see any serial numbers on them, just a triangle hallmark and a AC&B letters on them...can i sell these to any silver merchants...and will they pay the going rate for bullion?
Click to expand...

I know nothing about AC&B until a few days ago but does it have AC&B in a triangle or is that vintage Ainslie [ABC]?

Ainslie.png
 
I can confirm that i have bars with the vintage Ainslie logo, and i have bars with the AC&B logo.
Do they have collector value? or is it just silver content alone? Ive seen an Ainslie bar selling for $1100aud
 
AsAg said:
I can confirm that i have bars with the vintage Ainslie logo, and i have bars with the AC&B logo.
Do they have collector value? or is it just silver content alone? Ive seen an Ainslie bar selling for $1100aud
Click to expand...

picture would help but I dont think ainslie bars attract any premium-well not just yet:)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top