WEIGHT CLASS:
1kg | 1 KILO | 32.150oz
COUNTRY ORIGIN:
Great Britain
SERIAL TYPE:
A Prefix | 4 Digit
SERIAL NUMBER:
A0279
HALLMARK:
Bottom
HALLMARK SHAPE:
Elongated Octagon
COMPOSITION:
AG
OBTAINABILITY:
Rare
EXAMPLE TYPE:
Extruded
COLLECTION:
PRIVATE
COUNTERSTAMP:
Sheffield Smelting
DESCRIPTION:
1 KILO AG Extruded Bar - A0279
The Sheffield Smelting Company, Ltd. was a subsidiary of Engelhard Industries of Great Britain. Sheffield Smelting was founded in 1760 on the site of former Royds Brewery.
Sheffield was originally an Anglo Saxon settlement called Escafeld or Ecclesfield, and was later named Sheffield after the River Sheaf that runs through it.
Engelhard eventually sold the company around 1984 to Solder Products. It is currently Thessco Limited, producer of brazing alloys, electrical contact raw materials, Silversmithing alloys trade as well as precious metal coin blanks.
Example presented was sourced directly from Great Britain in December, 2014, from a private collection.
The Sheffield Smelting Company, Ltd. was a subsidiary of Engelhard Industries of Great Britain. Sheffield Smelting was founded in 1760 on the site of former Royds Brewery.
Sheffield was originally an Anglo Saxon settlement called Escafeld or Ecclesfield, and was later named Sheffield after the River Sheaf that runs through it.
Engelhard eventually sold the company around 1984 to Solder Products. It is currently Thessco Limited, producer of brazing alloys, electrical contact raw materials, Silversmithing alloys trade as well as precious metal coin blanks.
Example presented was sourced directly from Great Britain in December, 2014, from a private collection.