Divisible rounds

bretto

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How good are these?
Wonder how popular they would be.

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This 1-oz piece features a serene image of a Gold Panner in a peaceful wilderness setting panning gold from a river. This simple man on the coin represents each precious metal investor in some way or another. Economic struggles worldwide have turned men and women to invest in silver, creating for themselves their own type of "Gold Standard." These one troy ounce .999 silver rounds are divisible, which means they are scored in the middle to allow you to break them up into four separate pieces. On each quarter of the rounds are the words "1/4 Troy Ounce" and ".999 Fine Silver." This will allow you to divide them for bartering and easy liquidation, and still have the purity marks and the silver weight content on each individual section. Some of you might wonder if this round is worth having, but Divisible Silver has been in circulation for centuries.

The old Spanish "Real de a ocho," otherwise known as "Pieces of Eight" was an old Spanish coin worth eight reales. This coin was divided into eight smaller sections to use for bartering and trading. The coins were used worldwide as currency, including in the United States up until 1857. QSB presents its new divisible one ounce round to perform exactly that function of getting you the most for your money.

Many experts and economists agree that it is only a matter of time before paper fiat currency is devalued until it is destroyed. It is now the time to turn to silver bullion as your protection against this destruction. This QSB Divisible 1-troy ounce .999 fine silver piece is the perfect silver to own when it really counts
 
They've been around for a while now. Last time I checked they were ~$45/oz when spot was about $32.

Thought they were like the Combi bars and would snap off with ease but you need a hammer and chisel to break it up, looked a bit messy and not particularly easy!

Edit to add the video of one being smashed to pieces...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlne0vYoj84[/youtube]
 
I've been trying to get a stagecoach bar and round, but it's all overseas so too expensive
 
What the Heck these are pretty strange. Irish fractional silver. Could just buy a tube of 1/10ths. Or just whip your chisel out I don't know.
 
Nice idea - bad execution. Also prospector side is pretty ugly.
BTW: If you see Stagecoach bar in capsule - don't even touch it. ;)
 
A warning to everyone on divisible silver.

Have been hearing that there are some issues with the weights being correct after broken up. Even the Combibars (even with their hefty premiums) do not weigh out properly when broken.

This is a major issue as it defeats the whole purpose.
 
silvermed said:
Have been hearing that there are some issues with the weights being correct after broken up. Even the Combibars (even with their hefty premiums) do not weigh out properly when broken.

What sort of margin of error have you seen on combibars? I would expect them to be accurate enough, even in 1g gold, given the minting quality - as opposed to a round that requires a cold chisel and a hammer!
 
^^^
That's what I would have thought. The CombiBar's snap off pretty cleanly and can't imagine there'd be significant loss. My jeweler's scale definitely wouldn't pick it up for a 1gram piece.
 
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