BackyardBullion

On 10/12/2023 at 19:05, DavePa said:

That is a thing of beauty. Thanks for sharing. I could watch silver being rippled for hours. Love the highlighted text detail too. 

One (maybe stupid) question. In the stamping process do you lose any weight of silver or is it negligible if you do ? I suppose the weight is all put in place after hallmark and (most of the stamping) ? Am intrigued hugely by the process so apologies for the many questions. 

Dave 

Sorry, somehow I completely missed this comment!

Yes, there is a very small weight loss of silver during the process but it is negligible.

There is no weight loss once poured though unless you end up doing heavy sanding work.

Stamping doesn't change the weight.

4 hours ago, Napo said:

@BackyardBullion out of curiosity, what is the mould / crucible for the star made of? Is this a custom made graphite mould?

The mould and crucible are made of graphite and the mould was indeed a custom design I had made.

1 minute ago, DrKarlMoneys said:

@BackyardBullion Have you come across any fakes yet?

None. Everything above board so far. 

7 hours ago, dangelo said:

I appreciate the skill and appeal of the design - I'd also place it as more of a limited edition work of art for sure - an awesome display piece   If this is a part of a series then that will display really well as a group of different dinos.  I'm not going to ask how much these cost each.

In terms of coins, I got blown away by the Scotsdale Alien coin.  It was totally unexpected and out of nowhere it dropped as my favorite coin this year, the concave little circles each acting as a mirror reflect back at you and it's really trippy. I've not even got a proof one!  Have you seen them / can review them @BackyardBullion?

Just Googled it, looks pretty cool! 

Not something I would buy personally though

Not my video, but well worth watching if you bought one of these 10 oz WSS bars

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