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Engelhard 5-ounce Silver Bars

This page has all the information we could come up with about 5 ounce (5 oz, 5 troy ounce) Engelhard silver bars. It lists all known varieties with pictures (there are likely a few more we haven't encountered yet, though), and some information about serial numbers and mintages (more information will follow as we get more serial numbers to work with). Yeah, you found it here first!

This page contains:

Portrait (Vertical, Tall) Varieties
Landscape (Horizontal, Wide) Varieties
Serial Number Details

Portrait Varities:

Image	Name	Obverse	Reverse	Info	Sample Serial Numbers	Estimated Mintage
None known!

Landscape Varities:

Image	Name	Obverse	Reverse	Info	Sample Serial Numbers	Estimated Mintage
	No Serial, Swirl	'ENGELHARD' [no rectangle] 5 Oz [sideways] 999+SILVER	Unknown	No information.	n/a	Unknown
	5-Digit, Logo on Top, No 'Plus'	'ENGELHARD' in rectangle 5.000 999 [5-digit Serial Number]	Flat	Appears to be the earliest design for 5-oz bars.	00364	<3000
	5-Digit, Logo on Top	'ENGELHARD' in rectangle 5.000 999+ [5-digit Serial Number]	Flat	No info	02733	<3000
	No Serial, Logo in Middle	5.000 999+ 'ENGELHARD' in rectangle	Flat	No info	n/a	Unknown
	Logo in Middle	5.000 999+ 'ENGELHARD' in rectangle [Serial #]	Flat	No info	3551, 40240	Unknown
	5-Digit	5.000 999+ 'ENGELHARD' in rectangle [5-digit Serial Number]	Flat	Note that some bars have a slightly larger '5' on the top line, that could be considered a sub-variety.	04796, 19113, 35790 MFR, 54484, 054598, 60192 MFR, 60472 MFR, 80472 MFR	<50,000
	5-Digit, Large Logo	5.000 999+ Large 'ENGELHARD' in rectangle [5-digit Serial Number]	Flat	No info	52081	Unknown
	5-Digit, Small Logo, Big Five	5.000 999+ 'ENGELHARD' in rectangle [5-digit Serial Number]	Unknown	Note that the '5' is larger than the zeroes.	53850	Unknown
	5-or-6-Digit, 'Fine Silver' line	5 t.oz 'ENGELHARD' in rectangle 999+FINE SILVER [5-or-6-digit Serial Number]	Flat	It appears that a leading 'zero' was added in the middle of the 59000s, and the design was changed shortly thereafter.	56494, 56524, 56801, 59231, 059941, 059992, 060122	~5,000
	6-Digit	999+ 5.000 'ENGELHARD' in rectangle with Bull logo on left [6-digit Serial Number]	Unknown (assumed flat)	No info	061130, 126259, 152706	Unknown
	Bull Logo, 6cm	999+ 5.000 'ENGELHARD' in rectangle with Bull logo on left [6-digit Serial Number]	Unknown (assumed flat)	This is a 6cm wide variety, versus the typical 5.1cm wide variety. Note that some have a serial number with a leading mark similar to the number 1 (but just a straight up/down mark), followed by a period, shown as "1." in the serial number listings.	1.213041, 1.213057, 235646, 238949, 239762,	Unknown
	P-Series	999+ FINE SILVER 5 TR.OZ 'ENGELHARD' in rectangle [Serial Number]	Flat	No info	P000841, P002601, P040996, P362937	Unknown
	C-Series	'ENGELHARD' in rectangle 5 TROY OZ. 999+ FINE SILVER [Serial Number]	'ENGELHARD' in rectangle, repeated diagonally, frosted background.	No info	C206550, C214095, C216357, C218540, C223080, C242194	Unknown
	E Logo	5 OZ 'E' in 8-sided rectangle 999 FINE	Serial Number	No info	000331	Unknown

Serial Numbers:

Prefix	Name
No prefix, 5-digit	5-Digit 5-Digit Large Logo 5-Digit 'Fine Silver' Line
No prefix, 6-digit	6-Digit
C	C Series
P	P Series

Most Engelhard 5-ounce silver bars have serial numbers.
We are guessing that the 5-digit version came first, and went from 00001 through either about 60000 or 99999 (changing design several times).
We are guessing that the 6-digit version came next, starting either at around 060000 or 100000, and ending at an unknown number.
We guess that the P version came out next, starting at P000001. Engelhard uses 'P' to signify poured bars.
We guess that the C version came out last, starting at C000001. Engelhard uses 'C' to signify cast (stamped, extruded, etc.) bars.
We estimate a total mintage of roughly 850,000 5-ounce bars by Engelhard (about 200,000 5- and 6-digit, about 400,000 P-Series, about 250,000 C-Series), or about 4 million ounces worth. Note that many may have been melted.

Do you know of any varieties not listed here? Please be sure to let us know!
If you are the owner of any of the bars here, and would like the picture and/or serial number removed (or credit for the picture), please let us know as well.