Materion discontinuing silver stacker bars

goldpelican said:
The original SS 10oz stacker bar is a closed mintage - the die was lost when Materion ceased production.
I'm hoping that we can announce something (well actually a bunch of things) over the next few months.
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Thanks for the response. Also -- I think Ironwood really hit the nail on the head with the poured bar idea. That's an idea that I think would take off like a cruise missile!
If/when new SS bars becomes available, it'd be really nice if some kind of shipping arrangement was available for USA+Canada SS members that didn't cost an arm+leg, too...
 
FF. If it comes to fruition maybe would could combine shipping on some things. Not sure if it would save much in the end though. Guess it would be worth a try. :) Never hurts to ask.
 
valuecreator said:
I just had an interesting conversation.

It seems that Scottsdale Silver bought out the bullion minting part of Materion and will be manufacturing the stackers themselves from now on.

Which would explain why the new bars have no mention of Materion at the back.

So, Scottsdale Silver stackers are still being made. dunno about the other ones.
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This makes sense, and when I first started reading this thread I thought that they would most certainly be doing this anyway. The Scottsdale stackers have a high demand. I hope that this is true and that they will continue to produce them. Because I want to stack some of these in the future, I haven't got any yet.
 
I finally got one of these beauties a little while ago thanks to a SS member :)

To my surprise it is not hallmarked on the back like other Academy stackers I have seen. It should have Made by Academy on the back but it is blank :D
Just another variation to add to the list.


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The Scottsdale stackers were recently refreshed - the back now has a die struck mint mark in addition to the (real) swirls and serial number, and the front of the bar is being struck with a slightly revised die that leaves a better impression when stamped.

So there's now two versions with serial numbers.
 
The Stackers being produced by Scottsdale now are simply breathtaking. Looking at them closely you can tell they have anti-counterfeiting features.

Best bars on the market IMO.
 
does anybody know where i could find info about the minatage of the 1 kilo southern cross bars?
 
goldpelican said:
The Scottsdale stackers were recently refreshed - the back now has a die struck mint mark in addition to the (real) swirls and serial number, and the front of the bar is being struck with a slightly revised die that leaves a better impression when stamped.

So there's now two versions with serial numbers.
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Actually there are 3 versions, I have seen some of the new bars with just serial numbers and nothing else.
 
cannot find the mintages for these bars(I know I saw it somewhere)...any help? thanks
 
Saw one of the blank bars on eBay recently. Didn't bother bidding for it.

However, I've only came across 1 of the Southwest Bullion Stacker Bar. Anybody else managed to snag one?
 
Altima said:
Saw one of the blank bars on eBay recently. Didn't bother bidding for it.

However, I've only came across 1 of the Southwest Bullion Stacker Bar. Anybody else managed to snag one?
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Any picture for the Southwest bars?

Is that a dino on your avatar?
 
Whats the chance of getting Mintages for all these?



SilverSurfer77 said:
goldpelican said:
Materion is the manufacturer - they all have Materion on the back. Current designs I'm aware of are Silver Stackers, Southern Cross, Scottsdale, APMEX, Southwest Bullion. I don't think the Academy branded version has been in production for a while.

There's also variations in the hallmark on the back - Academy, large Materion, small Materion. Plenty of version should a collector decide to target a set.
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I am trying to put a set of these beauties together and these are the variations that I have found so far.

Academy - Academy hallmark
Academy - Materion hallmark (small)
Academy - Blank
Apmex - Academy hallmark (small)
Apmex - Academy hallmark (large)
Apmex - Materion hallmark (small)
Scottsdale - Materion hallmark (small)
Scottsdale - Acamemy hallmark
Scottsdale - MFG by Scottsdale Mint + Serial Number
Scottsdale - Serial Number
Scottsdale - Blank
Southern Cross - Materion hallmark (small)
Southern Cross - Materion hallmark (large)
Silver Stackers - Materion hallmark (small)

Please if anyone has any of the Academy or Southwest Bullion Bars or anything different to what I have listed, let me know and I will add them to the list.

I am also wanting to buy/trade any of the Academy or Southwest Bullion stacker bars so if you have one PM me and we can talk :)
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Well I'm not sure but I think the Southwest Bullion 10oz stacker bar is probably the rarest of them all?
 
It would be pretty hard to get mintages of the American bars but we do know there is 1200 Silver Stacker bars and I think I seen a number like 2000 for the Southern cross bars on the forum somewhere.
I have also seen a number like 200-500 for the South West Bullion bars thrown around as well, I think it was a CK post a few years ago, don't quote me though ;)
I do know they are very rare and I have only ever seen 1 and that is now in my possession :)
See this bar and more here :) http://forums.silverstackers.com/topic-45804-stacker-bar-types.html

Any more info on the SWB bars would be awesome :)
 
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