1974 Mount Everest Mint the Great Locomotives Set of 10 Silver Art Bars

I won an ebay auction for ane-oz argent art bar on May 24, 2009. I received it in the mail today. Here are some pics:

I took these pictures using my HP DeskJet F300 All-In-1 Scanner/Printer/Copier.

On the 3rd moving picture, I had to darken it to get the writing on the reverse side of the bar to become a little more than legible. That is the all-time I can do with that 3rd flick.

Annotation: I e'er weigh my ebay silver purchases using a digital scale. This silver art bar came in at thirty.half-dozen grams which is under weight, notwithstanding, in that location is a 0.one - 0.v gram variance when information technology comes to the weight of i-oz 1970's silver art confined. That is specially true for ane-oz '70's silverish art bars that were minted by the Ceeco Mint and the Madison Mint. That is not a reddish flag in this case. This silvery bar passed the silver "band" examination and so I am not worried about it.

I paid $16.61 for this argent fine art bar (spot silver was $xiv.69/oz at the time that I won this ebay auction). The shipping was free.

It is a 1974 Hamilton Mint "Blood-red Blossoms of the Potomac" silver fine art bar. This one-oz silvery bar was role of the "America the Beautiful" series. The "America The Beautiful" series was minted in the years 1974 and 1975 by the Hamilton Mint. The side of the bar has a serial number on information technology. The serial number is 2766.

Overall, the ebay transaction went smoothly and there were no issues with the ebay seller or with this silver art bar. IMO it is rare on ebay to discover and win an auction for a 1970's argent fine art bar for $1.92 over spot silver. I am very happy with my purchase.
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I forgot to mention that in that location are several other 1-oz Hamilton Mint silver art confined in the "America the Cute" series. I believe the purpose of these silvery art bars is to show slices of America by showing certain landscapes and parts of American life IMO. I plan to collect more of these Hamilton Mint "America of the Cute" silver art bars in the future. I too believe that all of these 1-oz Hamilton mint silverish art bars have serial numbers on them. These are beautiful silver art bars IMO.
That is rather lovely :bow:
First of all your bar is a beauty
The bar comes indeed from a 50 bar set called 'america the beautiful' and was minted in the years 1974 and 1975. Each bar exists in the ane oz .999 silvery version and in the ane Oz .999 silver gold plated version.
Your bar is bar 3/50 identified as: 'HAM-480 Cherry Blossom of Potomac'.
It was minted in 1974 at a mintage of 10.000 bars.
And like you said, all the bars from this set are serialized on the side of the bar.
Thanks Orpheus72 for that information. Especially the mintage numbers. I did not know the mintage was x thousand bars. I like the "America the Beautiful" series the best out of all of the series that the Hamilton Mint produced.
No trouble.
I like Hamilton'southward 'the ten commandments' set a bit more, every bit it was only minted at 250 bars.
I am glad to encounter in that location are people still collecting fine art bars. I was told by a dealer that it is a matter of the past and nobody collects them anymore.
I accept a couple dozen put abroad and don't actually know what to do with them.
About local coin dealers in my area treat 1970's 1-oz .999 silver art bars like regular .999 generic silver bullion. They are priced the same as regular .999 silver. That's why nearly of the time I adopt to purchase them locally at coin shops and money shows. I tin usually get them for $1.50-$3 over spot silver when I buy them locally. I got lucky with this ebay auction win because information technology was late Sunday night during the Memorial Day weekend. Most people were either asleep or doing other things on a Sun night during the Memorial day weekend. It worked out really well for me and I am very happy with my ebay purchase.
If you like them I would hold on to them.

If y'all wanted to sell them then depending on what type of '70's art bars that you have, you can become quite a bit money for them on ebay. You could always sell them at a local dealer merely that local dealer will requite spot minus a pocket-size disbelieve. I would look on ebay to get an idea on what your seventy'southward art bars will sell for on a regular calendar week. Holidays are not expert examples because there are not many people on ebay during the holidays.

I hope this helps.
Actually I do notice them unique and bonny. They were included in an estate collection I purchased. I have the Boston tea party,
the General steam locomotive, the Model T Ford, Babe Ruth, and many others. I run across them listed on eBay for moon money; $fifty or more each.
Practise people actually pay that kind of money?
People practice pay that much money for them. Information technology is the rarity value of those bars that is causing those argent bars to fetch that kind of price on ebay. I might mayhap be wrong on this just I retrieve the Boston Tea Party silver art bar was minted by USSC (Usa Silver Corp.) in 1973, The General Steam Locomotive was minted by Madison Mint in 1972, and I think that the Model T Ford was minted by the Patrick Mint in 1973. I might be wrong on some of this because I do not have a Archie Kidd silver art bar cost guide yet. I am not certain well-nigh The Baby Ruth silver art bar. I do not know what mint produced that silverish bar.
I plan to go along all of my 1970'south one-oz silver fine art bars. I like mine very much. It is fun to collect these silver art confined. I program to buy more 1970's silver art bars in the future.
They tin can exist from several mints, (ex: Boston tea party 1 Oz .999 silver was struck 7 different mints !).
Prices af an art bar really depends on their dazzler and the mintage number, and for the about confined it'southward full general spot silver price + $3 / $5. For the RARE bars (mintages from 10 to 250 bars) the value depends on the collectors. (over here in Europe people say :'It's worth what the fool will pay for it' )
Yes yous are right. At to the lowest degree for the ones i ain. i matched mine up with eBay listings to go the info. and took notes. The Tea party bar is catalog number USSC-159 [1973] with a rarity 5. it was listed on eBay for $49.95.
That one at present sits in an airtite.
The "Full general" [1972] Madison Mint has a rarity value of $15 over spot.
I was wondering how to become almost selling them at these prices? I do not want to give eBay or Paypal a cut and so eBay isn't the answer.
Infant Ruth
This i is dated 1973. "Americas Baseball Great" 1895-1948 It'southward made by the Manhattan Private Mint and says on it "American Folk heros".
Any idea as to value?
The bar y'all draw is minted by the Mount Everest Mint for 'The Manhattan Private Mint'. It is identified as 'MEM-25 Baby Ruth' minted in 1973 in a mintage of 1578 bars. According the 'price guide' it has a rarity value of $25.
CheersCheers. Information technology does have the initials MEM on it. By rarity value do y'all mean $25 total or $25 over spot?
I think that means $25 over spot. So in this case, since spot is currently about $15.75/oz, that would mean a total value of $forty.75 when you factor in the rarity value.
The Rarity value is additional to the spot silver price, simply I personally don't think you get the actual price if y'all follow the books prices. Some bars volition have a higher, others a lower value. Information technology's all depending on how many people are searching for a particular bar.
Well cheers guys. I'm glad you two are on here today. I recently bought a fairly large collection from a lady at work. I knew her husband besides [the collector]. But I bought information technology for the Morgans, the Walkers and Franklins mostly.
I paid her a nice fair amount and didn't gyp her. The ii dozen or so art bars included were by and large all marked with a cost tag of $7.50 then I doubled that and gave her about $15 each. I recollect the guy really did pay $7.fifty each years agone.
I concord with that because supply and demand will ultimately decide what the value for that art bar will be on ebay. I have seen certain silverish fine art bars bars that I thought would become for more than really went for much less afterwards the sale concluded. I as well think that ebay seller competition also plays an of import role also. There might be several ebay sellers selling the aforementioned silver art bar at different BIN prices and that ebay seller with the lowest BIN price (all other things being equal) volition usually get the sale.
I do not plan to sell my '70'south silver art bar collection because I just love the art confined that I have merely I will lurk on ebay 1-2 days a calendar week to get an idea of what sure 'seventy's silver art confined will go on ebay and to likewise get more data from the ebay description about a particular '70's silver fine art bar. That is how I have been able to place certain '70's silvery art bars when I buy them from a local money testify or at a coin shop in my area.

I would also like to thank you lot orpheus72 for providing boosted information about the mintage numbers on the Hamilton Mint silver fine art bar that I won on ebay.

I volition go along these 1970'due south silver art bars for a very long time (forever!!!) because it took hard work for me to notice and buy these locally and online at the right prices. I love these 'seventy's silver art confined a lot.
Yous are welcome. I feel happy that I was able to be of some assist to you. It is a lot of fun to collect 1-oz 1970's silver art bars IMO.