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An interesting vintage bar. Cascade Refining. Just got it off the forum. They didn't make many of these odd weight bars.
The serial number on the bar is the date when it was cast so in this case the 14th April 1989.

An interesting vintage bar. Cascade Refining. Just got it off the forum. They didn't make many of these odd weight bars.
The serial number on the bar is the date when it was cast so in this case the 14th April 1989.

A few more bits bought off the forum thanks to @Goldfinga
 

I can say 100% for sure that it's not from the 1910s regardless of what the item is made from.  It could be a replica of an original but since they're bulk selling there's no chance it's an original.  Definitely won't be silver neither due to pricing. Still, a nice looking piece.
 

No one is taking funds out of highly liquid crypto, with all the volatile gains, to put in low liquidity metal.  It just isn't the same risk profile at all. 

My friend has a sub to Maguire and he tells me that this is what he said this evening "There is little doubt that even in the face of bullish or bearish crosses, the refiner production constraints we have reported last Monday, are beginning to filter through  in both Gold and especially Silver are forcing COT’s to buy to cover EFP delivery demand."

My friend has a sub to Maguire and he tells me that this is what he said this evening "There is little doubt that even in the face of bullish or bearish crosses, the refiner production constraints we have reported last Monday, are beginning to filter through  in both Gold and especially Silver are forcing COT’s to buy to cover EFP delivery demand."

My friend has a sub to Maguire and he tells me that this is what he said this evening "There is little doubt that even in the face of bullish or bearish crosses, the refiner production constraints we have reported last Monday, are beginning to filter through  in both Gold and especially Silver are forcing COT’s to buy to cover EFP delivery demand."

My friend has a sub to Maguire and he tells me that this is what he said this evening "There is little doubt that even in the face of bullish or bearish crosses, the refiner production constraints we have reported last Monday, are beginning to filter through  in both Gold and especially Silver are forcing COT’s to buy to cover EFP delivery demand."

My friend has a sub to Maguire and he tells me that this is what he said this evening "There is little doubt that even in the face of bullish or bearish crosses, the refiner production constraints we have reported last Monday, are beginning to filter through  in both Gold and especially Silver are forcing COT’s to buy to cover EFP delivery demand."

Well real or not the COVID madness is still underway on the Continent and it has resulted in the refineries being short staffed and cutting back on production. This compounds the factors you rightly mention.  

Well real or not the COVID madness is still underway on the Continent and it has resulted in the refineries being short staffed and cutting back on production. This compounds the factors you rightly mention.  

Maguire has been saying for the last few days there is a major shortage in silver. He is saying there is no silver available from the European refineries - this is COVID related. What little production there is, is occurring in gold.
i see someone bought 4,000 Comex Silver contracts yesterday - which is 5000 x 4000 ounces. i wonder if whoever it is will stand for delivery. This exploded the price upwards and there has been follow through buying.

A few more bits bought off the forum thanks to @Goldfinga
 

An interesting vintage bar. Cascade Refining. Just got it off the forum. They didn't make many of these odd weight bars.
The serial number on the bar is the date when it was cast so in this case the 14th April 1989.

So the marker's mark likely to be Birmingham is confirmed by the upright Birmingham anchor. i must research to see why it is an anchor as Birmingham is about as far from the sea as you get in England.
The upright anchor ran all the way through to 1833 so doesn't help.
The head looks like one of these which ran from 1812 - 1828
i wonder if we are looking at this combo 
Considering the information on the markers  William Lea & Co (registered Nov 1811) or Lea & Clark (registered May 1824) - that would make it a William Lea & Co.
So in conclusion it is a Sterling silver pieced assayed in Birmingham 1818 and made by William Lea & Co. 
 

An interesting vintage bar. Cascade Refining. Just got it off the forum. They didn't make many of these odd weight bars.
The serial number on the bar is the date when it was cast so in this case the 14th April 1989.

An interesting vintage bar. Cascade Refining. Just got it off the forum. They didn't make many of these odd weight bars.
The serial number on the bar is the date when it was cast so in this case the 14th April 1989.

A few more bits bought off the forum thanks to @Goldfinga
 

A few more bits bought off the forum thanks to @Goldfinga
 

A few more bits bought off the forum thanks to @Goldfinga
 

So the marker's mark likely to be Birmingham is confirmed by the upright Birmingham anchor. i must research to see why it is an anchor as Birmingham is about as far from the sea as you get in England.
The upright anchor ran all the way through to 1833 so doesn't help.
The head looks like one of these which ran from 1812 - 1828
i wonder if we are looking at this combo 
Considering the information on the markers  William Lea & Co (registered Nov 1811) or Lea & Clark (registered May 1824) - that would make it a William Lea & Co.
So in conclusion it is a Sterling silver pieced assayed in Birmingham 1818 and made by William Lea & Co. 
 

The mark to the right is blurred but i am thinking it could be  a lion passant - Sterling silver. i take it this is a gilded piece.
The middle mark looks like L&C
The mark to the left looks like is a head in profile with the head in an oval. It is pre-Victorian but not sure which head.
This could mean that the L&C is this mark  William Lea & Co (registered Nov 1811) or Lea & Clark (registered May 1824) These are Birmingham.
So where is the year letter? That would help confirm the head on the left and the marker's mark. We are also missing the actual assay office mark. So we should have two more marks.

So the marker's mark likely to be Birmingham is confirmed by the upright Birmingham anchor. i must research to see why it is an anchor as Birmingham is about as far from the sea as you get in England.
The upright anchor ran all the way through to 1833 so doesn't help.
The head looks like one of these which ran from 1812 - 1828
i wonder if we are looking at this combo 
Considering the information on the markers  William Lea & Co (registered Nov 1811) or Lea & Clark (registered May 1824) - that would make it a William Lea & Co.
So in conclusion it is a Sterling silver pieced assayed in Birmingham 1818 and made by William Lea & Co. 
 

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Treasure hunter strikes gold with discovery of 700-year-old Henry III coin
The coin carries a pre-sale estimate of £400,000