Afternoon everyone....
It’s a miserable day here in the Northeast. It’s raining and it’s gonna continue all day into tomorrow morning.
I was suppose to pick up supplies for my next job today. But...... the hell with that in this weather.
So instead I write this post with a beautiful and heavy chunk of silver.
This is a ten ounce bar produced by the Golden State Mint. It is appropriately named the Samurai bar. The detail is fantastic and it’s got a cameo look to it as well.
Here is the description from the Golden State Mint website:
The Samurai is one of the most important symbols not only from Japan, but from universal history. A Samurai represents that a true warrior must defend ideas like loyalty, courage, veracity, compassion, and honor. This is called Bushido, the 8 codes of honor and ideals that a Samurai follows.
The meaning of the word Samurai is “ones who serve”. A bar of silver is a respectable canvas to mint the art of a Samurai. At Golden State Mint, we strive to be honorable as well in the quality of our silver bars and all of our products.
This bar of silver features a standing Samurai in a defensive position wearing a full armor including the well-known Samurai mask used for protecting the face and to strike terror into enemies. This armor is called Karuta (karuta-gane) from the Portuguese word for “card” because of the rectangle card-shaped pieces of the armor. Samurai for a time used gold and silver bars as currency, a bar of silver was called Shu-Gin.
Take a look for yourself....
That's awesome, @silverd510! Beautiful, front and back!
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Now that is a nice piece of silver and ten whole ounces of it! That's cool!
Oh, that's a sweet one. 10 ounces are always cool anyway, but they're a nice size for some artwork.
Awesome piece, the samurai has some great detail.
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I love the old classics.
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I was momentarily confused by the name of the Golden State Mint. And the color of the ingot. I really thought it was gold for a few seconds.