Comments: The square stamp on the left end of the ingot bearing an 'M' with the small 'o' above indicates mintage in Mexico City.
Ingot - An oblong piece of cast metal, usually of gold or silver, with weight and fineness specified used in the production of coins.
Ingot A bar or lump of precious metal to a standard weight.
Legend Inscription in a circle around the outside of the coin.
Mint mark Symbol or letters in the design of coin to indicate the mint of its origin.
ingot - See "bars"
inscription - The words struck or written on a coin.
intrinsic value - The precious metal value that a coin is made of. Also referred to as a coins bullion value.
Ingot - A bar of metal, usually precious metal formed in a brick like shape. These can range from small 1-2 ounces to very large, 900 ounces +.
Ingot
This is a bar molded of pure metal (usually precious metals) in a certain purity.
Inscription
Lettering and wording on a coin.
Intrinsic Value
Current market value of the raw precious metal content of a coin.
Ingot
A mass of metal created from a mould. Most precious metal ingots are impressed or stamped to convey the weight and purity (Assay) of the piece.
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A piece of precious metal shaped in a mould. Much of the gold reserves of various nations are stored in ingots and bars.
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Ingots, coins, or other issues that trade for their intrinsic metal value. Only precious metals (silver, gold, platinum, and palladium) are included as bullion. Copper could also technically be considered as bullion.
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Ingot
Metal (including precious metal) shaped into a convenient form for transportation and storage.
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Ingot with handle, Damastium, 318.
Ino, Corinth, 404; Cibyra, 670.
Io, Eio, myth of, Byzantium, 267, 268; Gaza, 805.
The ingots were assayed at 1 to 1 ½ percent over the value stamped on them, but certain sectors of the business community did not condone their acceptance at face value.
Gold ingots like these, from the Bank of Sweden, still form an important currency reserve and store of private wealth.
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"Silver ingots from China are also used as currency. The value of these varies and depends on their weight. The one most in use in what is called the Ta-mig-ma ...
- usually an "ingot" shaped as a rectangle. Can be gold, silver, or any precious metal. Gold and silver bars vary in size from 1 gram up to thousands of ounces. barber ...
Cobs, like the ingots that accompanied them from America to Spain, were simply a means of accounting for the silver and gold extracted from the colonial mines.
Slang for coins, ingots, private issue, and so on that trade below, at, or slightly above their intrinsic metal value. Only the precious metals (gold, silver, platinum, and palladium) are included as bullion.
These quadrilateral ingots are very irregular in weight, ranging from about 1,830 to 1,142 grm. They can hardly therefore have been intended to represent exact multiples of the As.
bullion - Uncoined gold or silver in the form of ingots or plate.
business strike - A coin intended for circulation in the channels of commerce (in contrast to a proof coin specifically struck for collectors).
platinum, gold or silver in the form of bars or other storage shapes, including coins and ingots.
bullion coin:
precious metal coin traded at current bullion prices.
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The 9,739 silver and copper coins and early silver ingots, the 371 gold and 64 platinum coins, and the 1,227 silver and 32 gold and platinum medals, depicting the history of Russian monetary evolution from the 13th to the 20th century, ...
The scope of this does not permit any great consideration to be given to the many patterns, proofs, ingots and commemorative coins that have appeared during the short but eventual history of American numismatics.
But more sophistication - combined with the global allure of the Internet that allows anyone, anywhere to buy and sell coins and ingots with the click of a mouse - has allowed scams to proliferate and forced the fight against fraud to use advancing ...
"The above cut represents the obverse of the United States ingot, or, rather, coin, of the value of $50, about to be issued at the Government Assay Office. It is precisely of this size and shape.
The collection begins with a few examples of ingots and coins from the early principalities which made up Russia, and then goes on to the time of Peter the Great, who is very well represented, including over 400 rubles, ...
In fact a lot of the time they melted such silver coins down into ingots called sycee that traders had traditionally traded with.
The cast bronze coinage replaced the Aes Signatum ingots (1.6 kg) in 289 bc. The original standard As of 320 to 330 g began to decline in weight due to devaluations after 269 b.c.
To fill this need various refineries, banks, foreign governments, private mints, and others created ingots and discs containing stated quantities of silver or gold.
"When a merchant received a dump [a nugget-shaped ingot] he regularly weighed it until one day some Ionian hit upon a time-saving device. Why not mark every dump as it passed through his till?
Large ingots of copper issued by Sweden in the 1600's and 1700's. Originally intended to serve only as backing for one of the earliest series of banknotes in Europe, these large "coins" entered circulation when confidence in the banknotes collapsed.
These bars sometimes had designs and qualify as the first coins if we are willing to accept large ingots under that definition.
The actual weight of the pure gold in a coin, ingot or bar, as opposed to the items total (gross) weight, which includes the weight of the alloying metal(s). Example: a 1 ounce U.S. Eagle has a fine gold weight of 31.
Rounds Any of a number of (usually) one-ounce silver ingots issued by numerous private mints on round planchets. Rounds gained popularity in the late 1970s. By the eighties and nineties jillions were being sold annually.
slug: A term applied to the gold $50 coin or ingot issued by various private mints in California from 1851 to 1855 occurring in both round and octagonal shapes.
Fine weight: the metallic weight of a coin, ingot, or bar, as opposed to the item's gross weight which includes the weight of the alloying metal. Example: a 1-oz Gold Eagle has a fine weight of one troy ounce but a gross weight of 1.
But its rolling equipment broke down, so it couldn't flatten ingots to the proper thickness for coin blanks. Repairs took several weeks, and as 1794 drew to a close the Mint had at least six obverse dies on hand with that date.
c. 2250- c. 2150 BC Cappadocian rulers guarantee quality of silver ingots
The state guarantee, probably of both the weight and the purity of her silver ingots, helps their wider acceptance as money.
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Uncoined precious metal in the form of bars, plates, ingots, etc.; also a reference used to designate the precious metal content of a coin.
An agency of the U.S. Treasury Department responsible for production of currency.
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Bullion: Gold, silver, platinum coins, bars or ingots.
Burnishing: A process by which a planchet or coin are made to shine through rubbing or polishing.
Business strike: A coin produced for general use and circulation.
Bullion - Uncoined gold or silver in the form of bars, ingots or plate.
Business Strike - A coin given only one blow from the dies, intended for normal circulation or commercial use; same as a production coin, opposite of proof.
Term for a precious metal coin, ingot, etc. that trade near their intrinsic metal value.
bullion coin
A legal tender coin that trades near it's melt value.
Bullion - Precious metal in the form of coins, bars, ingots, etc.
Business Strike - A coin intended for circulation (as opposed to a Proof coin specially made for collectors).
gold or silver coins, bars or ingots
Burnishing
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*OC008 SILVERED BRACELET INGOT, Thailand. Silvered circular with open tapered ends with a thick body with fancy designs the entire length of the bracelet.
Bullion
Uncoined precious metals usually in the form of bars, wafers or ingots.
Bullion Coin
A legal tender coin whose market price depends on its gold content, rather than its rarity or face value.
bullion: raw metal, usually gold or silver in ingot form.
bullion coin: a coin that has no collector premium above the value of its metal.
Illyro-Paeonian Region, Damastion AR Drachm. ca 380-360 BC. Female head left / DAMASTINWN, portable ingot. May, Damastion pg. 131, 22b=Weber 2991 (this coin); cf. SNG Ashmolean 3339.
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Bullion - A bullion is a platinum, gold, or silver bar. Bullions also include other shapes such as coins and ingots.
Commemorative coin - A commemorative coin honors a person, place or event.
bullion: Uncoined precious metal in the form of bars, plates, ingots, and other items.
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Assay records, 1877-1903. Registers of deposits and warrants paid, 1877. Coinage records, 1889-93. Receipts for silver bullion and gold ingots, 1892-94. Payment certificates, 1898-1919.
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He sail from Alexandria harbor on the royal yacht Mahrussa accompanied by his family, gold ingots, and more than two hundred pieces of luggage.
Discovered in 1987, salvage efforts are continuing, but already hundreds of pristine 1857-S twenties along with an assortment of other early gold coins and ingots have been brought to the surface.
Finds: Coins found in the Marchfeld region, at Sinope, etc.
Medals: Medals, reckoning counters (Rechenpfennige).
Alternative means of payment: Ingots, premonetary means of exchange, tokens, emergency money (Notgeld).
 See also: Gold, Silver, Mint, Coin, Struck
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