I am curious... What is easier to melt, silver shots or bars? So when the mints make these bars and rounds, do they melt other bars and rounds or do they use silver shots? Do silver shots come with premiums too? HiHo uses these large bags of silver shots, then sometimes he buys rounds and bars, like you, to melt. Metals just gets repurposed, I guess! Have a great week @theb3ar, Take care.