People who enjoy investing in silver often recommend the 10 oz Silver Bar produces by the Sunshine Mint. This bar is very popular because of its mirror-like finish and crisp raised markings. The Sunshine Mint is a highly recognized and a well-respected brand in the physical silver market. Sunshine Mint produces some of the finest quality products available for purchase today.
The Sunshine Mint is a well-established and distinguished firm, which supplies the U.S. Mint with planchets (blank coins) for striking, bars, rounds, and even medallions. The Sunshine Mint is located in the United States and their bars have the Sunshine logo stamped on them.
On the front side of the bar the purity and weight of the silver content is stamped on it, which is TEN TROY OUNCES and .999 FINE SILVER. Also appearing on the obverse side of the bar is the famous Sunshine Minting eagle with its talons extended towards victory along with the sun and its rays in the background. On the reverse side of the bar is a sunrise that repeats diagonally and the bar’s security feature in the middle.
These bars a very easy to store due to their convenient size which is comparable to a large smart phone with measurements of 3.6 inches by 2 inches by 0.27 inch (90 by 52 by 6.7 mm). The 10 oz Sunshine Bar is one of a kind and goes unmatched because of its brand, quality and price.
The new 10 oz Silver Bar features state of the art counterfeit-proof technology that is incorporated into the reverse of every bar that is struck by the Sunshine Mint. This new security function, Mintmark SI, is now being incorporated into all new Sunshine Minting bullion products. The only way to see the security features is by looking at the bar through a unique decoding lens. What you will be looking for to confirm that your bar is truly authentic is the word “VALID” and when turned to a 90-degree angle a sunburst should appear.
These silver bullion 10 Troy oz bars are struck, not poured, are very attractive, are IRA eligible, and are of recent manufacture. They are sealed in an airtight plastic covering as it is produced at the mint to prevent tarnishing. 10 oz Silver Bars make excellent stores of value and a good speculative investment if you believe that the price of silver will rise sharply in the near future.