Rare Ingot – Vintage Silver, Gold Bars, and Rare Bullion

Category: Unidentified

  • The “Manhattan” Ingot

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    10.2 oz, $9.91 Enigmatic Manhattan Silver Ingot Manhattan Silver Ingot. This description and opinion was written by Fred Holabird. The Manhattan silver bar is punched “Manhattan” on the reverse, and “Manhattan” punched three times on the obverse, 10 2/100, 765 Fine, $9.91. There are no assay chips. The bar has been filed on both ends longitudinally…

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  • Goldrush WatchFob

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    CA – Pre-1900, Probably c1850-70 – Placer Gold Watch Fob Ingot, $22 Face Value California Gold Rush period ingot. Obverse reads: XXII / DOLS / DWTS Reverse reads: CAL GOLD / XXI KT. Measures: 1 1/4″ x 3/8″ x 1/8.” Featured in Mueller ~ Schmidtmann Western Americana BONANZA auction lot #267, October 2010. [10/2010] https://www.icollector.com/CA-Pre-1900-Probably-c1850-70-Placer-Gold-Watch-Fob-Ingot_i9798882 ($3,120)

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  • N. A. Boles, Assayer

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    $1.02 N.A. Boles, Assayer. Prescott, Arizona. Silver assay ingot.  Overall appearance of Fine. A very rough, crude, and unfinished bar almost straight from the mold. Medium silver gray color. The surfaces are rough and pitted, the faces are unfinished, and the legends are accomplished in individual punches. The $ punch was made by punching a…

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  • Arizona A.F.E.

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    Button shaped silver ingot marked: 0.65 oz Arizona / A. F. E. / Dec 1882. Not much is known about this silver ingot. It is small button shaped and weighs less than 1 troy ounce! 21 mm in diameter; 7 mm thick; 20.3 grams. Arizona Last sold at a Holabird Auction in late 2023 for…

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  • Unidentified Ingots

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    Occasionally notable ingots are unmarked, but still worthy of mention due to their clear pedigree, history, origin, or obvious time of manufacture. Where feasible, we summarize the unmarked and undesignated ingots here. If ingots are unmarked, but well identified then they will instead be presented within their respective pages by Assayer, Maker, or similar. 2.10…

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