Photo Credit: Yeager’s Poured Silver
Hand-Poured 7.50 Troy Oz. Yeagermeister Silver Bar
Buy It Now Price: $183 (price as of 2019; item no longer available)
Pros:
-This 3-D, hand-poured Yeagermeister silver bar in the shape of a liquor bottle contains an impressive 7.50 troy ounces of .999 fine silver.
-Yeager’s Poured Silver, or YPS for short, is a company based in Hartford, Ohio that makes small batches of artisan hand-poured silver bars. Founded in 2012 by its namesake, David Yeager, the firm designs and machines all of its bar molds in-house.
-The 7.50 troy ounce YPS silver bar is limited to a mintage of only 750 specimens.
-The name of this unique silver bar is a pun on Jägermeister, the iconic German alcoholic beverage. First concocted in 1934, Jägermeister is a 70-proof, darkly-colored liquor made with 56 herbs and spices, including licorice, anise, saffron, ginger and citrus peel.
-At the current silver spot price of $15.70, this silver bar has a bullion value of about $118. This gives it a premium of $65, or 55%, over spot.
–YPS is the Rolls Royce of modern hand-poured silver bars. Their products consistently sell at healthy premiums over the spot price of silver in the secondary market. And limited-edition YPS products – like this Yeagermeister silver bar – frequently sell for very high premiums compared to other silver bullion.
-This Yeagermeister silver bar is one of a set of three different Yeagermeister bars. The other two are a one troy ounce bar (mintage limited to 1,000) and a 20 troy ounce bar (mintage limited to 100). The 7.50 troy ounce version is the only one of the set that is a 3-D art bar.
-Every 7.50 troy ounce Yeagermeister silver bar is individually serialized (numbered). In addition, each bar comes with an attractive antiqued finish, which highlights the design beautifully. They are even engineered to be able to stand upright! It is the superb execution of these small details that has led silver stackers and collector’s alike to fall in love with YPS silver bars.
-Given YPS’ incredibly strong brand and unparalleled eye for design, I believe this limited-edition Yeagermeister silver bar would make a great investment at an asking price of only $183.
Cons:
-If you are only looking for raw silver bullion, there are certainly cheaper ways to get it. For example, it is possible to purchase a generic 10 troy ounce struck silver bar on APMEX right now for only 13% over spot – a far lower premium than the 55% on this YPS bar. But to be fair, the generic silver bar will never have any collectible value, unlike this unique Yeagermeister silver bar.
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