Mint of the United States at San Francisco

Some of the most sought after silver ingots of all time were produced by the United States Mint. Offices were located in San Francisco, Philadelphia, and New York. Production dates back to the mid 1930s on some of the early 'type 1' San Francisco Silver Ingots.


^ A group of 5oz class 'type 1' hallmark 999.5 purity with 'curved 9s'.

These are some of my favorite silver Ingots. The old crude look they carry is second to none. These type 1 hallmark ingots are estimated to be manufactured in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Notice the weight hand written on the back. They wrote the weight on the back during production so they knew exactly what to stamp. Overtime that writing tends to get worn off or often cleaned off. It's amazing to see some of the original writing still in tact.

The ingots above are type 1 hallmark. I have taken a screen shot off of silveringot.blogspot.com. This is a blog that started in 2013 and covers all the US mint ingots. As well as many other vintage silver ingots. There is no correlation between my steemit name and the creator of the silveringot blog.

^ There is the screenshot from silveringot.blogspot.com that clearly shows the difference between the type 1 and type 2 hallmarks. There has since been a type 3 added to the different hallmarks used during production.

Over the past three years the price of these exceedingly rare ingots has achieved a level not many thought was possible. Back in 2010-2012 you would on very rare occasion see these ingots sell at a heritage auction around $800.00USD. Now that more information has become available. Collectors have set thier sights on these. At the end of last year a 5oz type 1 San Francisco ingot sold on EBay for $3,800.00 USD.

I plan on presenting more San Francisco Ingots out of my collection here on Steemit. There are many different weight classes that were produced. I hope everyone enjoyed this article. If you did please RESTEEM, UPVOTE, and FOLLOW!

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** Some of the information in this article came from silveringot.blogspot.com. There you can find endless information about the US Mint. As well as information on other US refiners. This blog has been a resource used by many of the major retailers and auction houses around the world.**