This is the first batch of Metals Mafia bars. It was poured from a cast-iron mold.

People have been pouring bars and ingots of precious metals throughout recorded history. It’s a fairly simple technology that anyone could master with a hot fire and a few sturdy tools. However, by today’s standards, the pouring process takes a long time. It’s fairly inefficient, especially when making small bars that weigh less than 100 ounces on a large scale.
The pouring process is, however, useful at producing larger bullion bars. If a bar weighs more than 100 ounces, the mint almost certainly used a pouring method to make it. The pressing method would create too many complications, and many companies don’t make blanks that large.

Nice cooling lines, it was stamped #2.

Metals Mafia Bar #2, 2 troy ounces. .999 Fne Silver

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