.31 oz Privately-issued silver bar, dated 1890, 999F, 40 cent
With the stamped valuation of “.40 CENT.” Small rectangular bar, issued as a souvenir no doubt, engraved on the face: ANNIE LOUISE ELLIS / MARCH 1st 1890. The back states the weight, fineness, and value, as noted. As the bar is specifically stamped with a weight, fineness, and value, it may have been a souvenir from one of the western silver mines, perhaps a gift or premium to a stockholder. If the piece were made by an eastern jeweler and simply given as a gift, it would seem to the present writer that the value would have been greater than 40 cents and that the fineness and weight would not have been stamped on it. Another mini-mystery. Extremely Fine or better.
See: Henry H. Clifford Collection
[03/1982] https://archive.org/details/henryhcliffordco1982bowe/page/n111/