This page contains our current information on 50oz class Engelhard silver production bars and Legacy Ingots. The Engelhard 50oz production lineage closely followed the stamping placement and style of earlier 100oz bars, throughout both US and Canadian production runs. Engelhard 50oz bars, in general, are actually quite rare, with less than 13,000 examples produced spanning over two decades. Since they are categorically larger commercial bullion bars, it is likely that a high percentage of these bars have been melted over the years.
| EXAMPLE | HALLMARK | OBVERSE | REVERSE | COMMENTARY | SAMPLE SERIAL NUMBERS |
ICR | ESTIMATED MINTAGE |
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Mid Hallmark | [50.000] [999+] [Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [Serial Number] | Cast Finish | 1st series 50oz ingot. | 050039 050327 050799 050903 051274 051488 051652 |
<1,000MINTAGE |
 | Mid Hallmark | [50.000] [999+] [Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [Rocky Mountain Mint Counterstamp] [Serial Number] | Cast Finish | 1st series 50oz ingot with Rocky Mountain Mint [RMM] post-production counterstamp. Ingot 050695 sold on February 25, 2023 for $3,350.00 on Ebay auction. | 050456 050464 050695 |  <50MINTAGE |
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Mid Hallmark | [50 T.OZ] [Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [999+ FINE SILVER] [Serial Number] | Cast Finish | 2nd series 50oz ingot in small T.OZ variation. | 027757 |
<100 MINTAGE |
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Mid Hallmark | [50 T.OZ] [Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [999+ FINE SILVER] [Serial Number] | Cast Finish | 3rd series 50oz ingot in large T.OZ variation. We believe these serial numbers are split between 027xxx, 028xxx and 051xxx format. One known example with 5-digit serial number, ingot 27928, lacks the leading 0. |
027554 027682 027915 27928 028390 051645 051743 |
<500 MINTAGE |
 | Mid Hallmark | [999•0] [Serial Number] [Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [50•000] | Cast Finish | 4th series 50oz ingot, circa 1972. Possible Canadian variation due to floating decimal on weight stamp and placement of purity stamping. Note the unique 999•0 weight designation and ‘0’ serial prefix. | 04603 04608 | <25 MINTAGE |
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Mid Hallmark | [999+] [Serial Number] [Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [50•000] | Cast Finish | 4th series 50oz ingot, circa 1972. Similar to our above example, though demonstrates the typical ‘999+’ purity designation and does not include a ‘0’ serial prefix. Ingot 5180 sold on eBay on January 24, 2023 for $3,500.00. | 5162 5165 5180 5639 5661 |
<100 MINTAGE |
 | Mid Hallmark | [999+] [Serial Number] [Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [50•000] | Cast Finish | 4th series 50oz ingot. Similar to our above example, though demonstrates a five-digit serial number. Our thanks to Dan S. for this discovery! | 74581 74582 74606 | <100 MINTAGE |
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Mid Hallmark | [999+] [Serial Number] [Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [50•000] [MFR] | Cast Finish | 4th series 50oz ingot in MFR variation. [Metals Fabrication and Refining] It is important to note that ‘MFR’ is not a serial number suffix as some collectors may claim. The 100oz class examples confirm this as serial number and ‘MFR’ designation are stamped on opposed corners of the ingot. Possible Canadian variation due to floating decimal on weight stamp and placement of purity stamping. Ingot 68821 sold privately on January 9, 2017 for $2,750.00. Ingot 55744 sold on eBay on January 30, 2023 for $2,950.00. | 62374 62376 62377 62378 68821 |
<50 MINTAGE |
 | Mid Hallmark | [999+] [Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [50•000] [MFR] | Cast Finish | 5th series 50oz ingot in serial absent variation. Possible Canadian variation due to floating decimal on weight stamp and placement of purity stamping. | Serial Absent | <100 MINTAGE |
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‘E’ in Elongated Octagon | [‘E’ Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [50 OZ] [999. FINE] [Serial Number] | Extruded Finish | 50oz weight class in extruded variation. Additional information may be found at this LINK. | 000653 000767 000768 |
<50 MINTAGE |
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Italic Font |
[999+ FINE SILVER] [50 TR. OZ] [Italic Block Hallmark w/ ‘A’ Triangle] [Serial Number] | Extruded Finish | 6th series 50oz weight class in extruded variation, originally issued in plastic flag wrapper. |
P111200 P111909 P112722 P113263 P113473 P114100 P114531 P114886 |
<1,500 MINTAGE |
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Italic Font |
[Italic Australian Hallmark] [999+ SILVER] [50 OZ] [Serial Number] | Cast Finish | 50oz ingot in Australian variation, produced at the Engelhard refinery in Thomastown, Australia. These 50oz class ingots share the same approximate 1000 number serial range as their 0.5kg counterpart, without replication between weight class. | 000038 001012 |
<500 MINTAGE |
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Mid Hallmark |
[999+] [50•000] [Bull Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [Serial Number] | Cast Finish | 1st series 50oz ingot in Canadian variation. We have also pictured a serial variation leading digit ‘1’ and decimal. This anomaly is the exception, not the rule, and believed attributable to eliminate an inadvertent duplication of serial number. | 132695 132789 133000 133059 150028 150528 150635 150852 234292 1•126021 |
<1,500 MINTAGE |
 | Mid Hallmark | [999+] [Serial Number] [Bull Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [50•000] | Cast Finish | 2nd series 50oz ingot in Canadian variation. | 186007 199092 199467 203619 206338 219041 219055 234276 | <1,000 MINTAGE |
 | Mid Hallmark | [999+] [50•000] [Bull Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [Serial Number] | Cast Finish | 3rd series 50oz in Canadian variation. | 193145 193160 201613 228293 | <1,000 MINTAGE |
 | Mid Hallmark | [50•000] [999+] [Bull Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [Serial Number] | Cast Finish | 4th series 50oz ingot in Canadian variation. This is the only known variety with weight at top left and purity at top right. Ingot 132577 sold on eBay for $2,250.oo on January 5, 2017. | 132546 132577 132586 132630 | <100 MINTAGE |
 | Mid Hallmark | [999+] [Serial Number] [Bull Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [50•000] | Cast Finish | 5th series 50oz in Canadian variation. This example demonstrates a rounded bottom on the ‘9’ purity font, as opposed to the less frequently observed variety directly below. | 106683 106924 123723 126232 174476 175740 | <1,000 MINTAGE |
 | Mid Hallmark | [999+] [Serial Number] [Bull Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [50•000] | Cast Finish | 5th series 50oz in Canadian variation. Similar to our above example, though this ingot demonstrates font stampings unique to the standard 5th series ingots. Note there are occasional differences in serial number font, as demonstrated in the digit ‘4’ in our photo below of ingot 106784, and the digit ‘1’ in our photo of ingot 112776.  | 106691 106763 106784 111633 111777 112036 112073 112576 112776 | <250 MINTAGE |
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Mid Hallmark |
[999+] [50•000] [Bull Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [Serial Number] | Cast Finish | 6th series 50oz in Canadian variation produced in 1981/1982. Similar to 4th series with reverse placement of weight class and serial stampings. Observed with occasional variations in stamp set placing, as pictured. Many examples in this series demonstrate reverse and side striations, as also observed on 20oz and 50oz ingots of the same era, pictured below.  The last 200 +/- ingots in this series displayed a smaller serial font as demonstrated on ingot 353011 below.  |
106591 181461 183953 184062 196254 206726 246129 252101 294029 313996 352840 352896 353011 353021 |
<4,000 MINTAGE |
 | Mid Hallmark | [Serial Number] [Bull Hallmark in Elongated Octagon] [50•000] [999+] | Cast Finish | 6th series Canadian 50oz class. Similar to our example above but includes stamp placement variations of serial number, purity and weight class assignments. | 243564 | <10 MINTAGE |