America the Beautiful

^USA

What could possibly be better than new silver?

The answer of course is OLD silver, and no one does old silver better than the Hamilton Mint. If there was a holiday to be celebrated, a place to immortalize or an event to commemorate, Hamilton Mint did it in silver. Their 1970’s art bars are some of my favorites, and lucky me recently picked up a few from the America the Beautiful series.

Cape Cod

^{SO MUCH TONING!!!}

I LOVE this bar. It is one troy oz of .999 fine silver minted in 1974. The bar is one of fifty bars that comprise the America the Beautiful set. It features one of the many lighthouses along the shores of Massachusetts’ Cape Cod. This bar is number 0317 out of 10,000.

Sand dunes, beach grasses & turbulent ocean breakers join to make this seashore a spectacular place of land & water.

Washington Monument

^{Honoring the nation’s first president.}

For being minted in 1974, this bar still has quite a luster. The monument side of it is particularly shiny. Number 8549 of 10,000 minted, the bar is 1 Troy oz of .999 fine silver. The inscription on the back reads:

Cherry blossoms of the Potomac. Delicate pink cherry blossoms adorn the Potomac & the Tidal Basin in Washington DC, delightfully announcing the arrival of the spring season.

Sea Port

^{It’s a vessel bar!}

Here we have a Hamilton Mint bar that is a little different from the first two. This bar is part of the America the Beautiful series, but it is 24K GOLD plated .999 fine silver. The bar is number 0257 of only 5,000. When I purchased this off eBay I didn’t notice the gold plating. While gold is not my preference, this is still a nice little 1oz bar.

Sea port: Rustic harborside dwellings & weather-beaten fishing trawlers in Port reflect the beauty of the Sea & the basis of our heritage.

Great Lakes

^{More gold plating.}

This last bar, showing ships sailing across the Great Lakes, is also .999 fine silver plated with 24K gold. It is one troy oz and was minted in 1974. This bar is also number 0257 of 5000.

Great Lakes: Formed by giant glaciers centuries ago the Great Lakes, encompassing 94,000 square miles, are collectively the largest body of fresh water in the world.

It is my goal to collect all 50 bars in this fun series.☺️

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