My coin shop guy threw this in when I bought some silver the other day. He said it wasn't worth anything to him, and I always like odd things like this, so I was happy to take it off his hands. For some

Picked this guy up at the LCS recently. Not the flashiest, or most sought after bar, but a solid addition the stack. There's also a bit of tarnish on the sides and back, adding to the appeal. A simple,

I recently got this bar at a coin shop that's a bit farther away from my normal LCS. It looks a lot like this one that I got a few months back. But this one has a lot better toning on it. The light streaks

This is another one I picked up in Indiana. I always like a bar with a serial number. It seems this bar was produced in 1981, but I couldn't find a mintage number. It seems like there are a fair bit of

Liberated this one from a coin shop in Indiana. GSM has been in business since 1974, and it's still going strong. This bars got a start on some nice toning, so in about 20 years it should be looking really

This was another find when traveling recently. I had never seen this design, nor heard of the Great American Mint and Refinery. But after researching more, it seems that I have seen plenty of their products.

I found this in the generic bin when I was traveling recently. It's from 1974, and I saw a quoted mintage online of 5000. Mine is number 0356. It's part of a series of bars highlighting birds that were

Found this in the generic bin. Anyone know what this is without googling? It's smaller than a standard 1oz bar, but thicker. It's also not uniformly thick. In this pic, you can kind of see it's thicker

Saw these at the coin shop recently. They are 62.5% silver 5 Mark coins from 1951. It's kind of a weird art deco style design. They were different, so I grabbed them. The really neat thing about these

I don't usually buy special occasion bars, but I had never heard of Motherlode mint, so I thought this would be a good pickup. It looks like I've got the "large ripple" variety of this bar from

Picked this up recently at the LCS. I wasn't able to find any info on this round or the mint. Just some auction sales, but no other info. Best I can figure, they only made two designs, and this was one

This was a new round for me, and my first A-Mark piece. Apparently this design began production in 1983, but this one is from 1988. The front design features the Liberty Bell. If you look at the left side

I was able to score a few more silver coins from around the world. First up is a 1963 1 Gulden coin from the Netherlands. It's 72% silver, and is the 2nd 1 Gulden coin I own. Second, I have a 1953 10 Ore

I bought this 1921 British Half Crown at the LCS recently, but it's got this weird white powder on one side. Anyone know what this is? What should I do about it? Acetone dip maybe? Here's the back side.

I normally don't like colorized silver. However, I have been known to make exceptions. Above is the back side of my latest silver bar pickup. This view is more like what I typically go for. But in this

Part 2 of the Bicentennial ingots I bought. Part 1 is here. This one is of a less famous event in the American Revolution. On May 20, 1774, England passed a couple of Acts that were aimed at undercutting

I picked this up at my LCS recently. It's not really the type of thing I usually go for, but the price was really good, so I bought it. It was issued in 1973, and is the first in a 70(!) part series. It

This is the last post in my series on silver coins I picked up for cheap at my LCS. I saved my favorite one for last. This is a 1953 1/4 Balboa. It's not got a lot of silver in it, but it has character

Liberated this guy from the LCS not long ago. I'm starting to really like these older National bars. I like that the art on it isn't too elaborate. I think a simpler style lends itself well to the metal

Today we've got two more coins from around the world that contain silver. First is an 1861 decimo from Chile. This phrase translates to "By Reason or Force". Seems like a logical national motto.