Rare Bache 50 oz .999 Silver Bar 1976 Intaglio Print

Intaglio Print

8 g Description Obverse Mature bust

at under $2000 is unusual

Kirk-Stieff Severn-Worthington Sterling Silver Knife 9 3/4''

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Rare Bache 50 oz .999 Silver Bar 1976 Intaglio PrintBache bars hearken directly back to the Hunt brothers attempt to corner the silver market. The Hunt's had invested heavily in silver futures, notably from the investment firm of Bache Halsey Stuart Shield. When Comex set the Silver Rule 7 limiting the purchase of commodities on margin, Bache (later Prudential Bache) issued a margin call for $100 million and the Hunts came up short. A consortium of banks bailed out the Hunts and Bache did end up