Rare Ingot – Vintage Silver Bullion and Gold Bars

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  • Wm. Barbour

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    14 g, Antique 1902 999 Silver American Presentation Plate Presentation plate with nice calligraphy and inscription commemorating a marriage. The plate reads as follows: Presented To Mr. Wm. Barbour By His Partners In Trade ON THE OCCASION OF HIS MARRIAGE 24 / 6 / 02 Reverse pictured below: More research is necessary to find Mr.…

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  • William Sharon

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    Assayer Edward Ruhling’s Presentation Ingot to William Sharon, circa 1869 This important silver ingot was first illustrated in the book, The Anatomy of an Ingot (Franklin, 2012, p. 12). It is ornately engraved “Presented to William Sharon, Esq. by E. Ruhling & Co., Virginia City, Nevada.” It measures 2 1/4″ x 1 3/16″ and weighs…

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  • F.W. Schultz & Son

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    As with so many other western assayers (or engravers, Schultz may have been either) of the middle and late 19th century, given the fact that this field of research is so new it should not be surprising that at present the cataloguer knows absolutely nothing about this assayer beyond whatcan be read on this commemorative…

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