Engelhard 1 oz silver bar serial number lookup
This separate "2" stamp is a different font - the word letters are uniform with a flat relief, while the "2" stamp looks like a mildly narrower font, with a "V" profile on the stamp, making it more a incised impression. Some bars feature "2 TROY OZ" as a single stamp, on others, it is apparent that there was one stamp used for "TROY OZ", and the numeral "2" for the weight was done as a second stamp, probably with a bar serialisation stamp set to "2" followed by blanks, as some bars show evidence of the edges of the blank digits (see photo of Type 1 bar - there are horizontal stamp edges above and below the word TROY). The rest of the bars produced to date and in future will not be serialised.Īnother difference that was noted was that on some bars, it appears a different stamp was used for the weight stamps on the back of the bar.
#Engelhard 1 oz silver bar serial number lookup serial numbers
The commercial decision was made to discontinue serial numbers after the first 1000 bars were stamped, so there are a potential maximum of 1000 serialised bars available in the 2oz size.
The subsequent hardening of the silver from the initial stamping, and the non-uniform surfaces, made serialising the bars as a separate step very difficult, resulting in many misstrikes that were culled, and non-uniform serial number impressions. Now once the bar has been stamped with those initial stamps, it appears that the silver bar "work hardens", and the bar is slightly deformed into the unique shapes seen on every bar. The bars have the normal "ENGELHARD AUSTRALIA" stamp on the front, same as the 5oz and 10oz bars already in distribution, and on the back, they feature a two line stamp "999+ SILVER" "2 TROY OZ".
The way these bars are manufactured (they are cast, then pressed) results in some non-uniform shapes, making the stamping process difficult. Presumably the range of 00001 to 01000 was stamped on bars - I received a mix of bars from the 200s through to the 500s. After a discussion with the distributor regarding the process of getting these bars produced, I did some sorting and research on the bars at my disposal, and have identified FOUR varieties amongst these bars that makes for interesting collector information.įirstly, 1000 bars were serialised after delivery from the original foundry with unique serial numbers (more on that later!), before a commercial decision was made to cease stamping the bars with serial numbers. Recently I received a lot of the new 2oz Engelhard Australia bars for my personal stack.