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Who makes the bars and rounds.

Stackers ask for bars and rounds by maker: a PAMP Lady Fortuna, a Valcambi CombiBar, a Sunshine round. The counter in Madison Heights carries these makers as they come in and can source a specific bar or series to order. Government coins, from Eagles to Kookaburras, are on the silver and gold pages; bar sizes and the assay card are on the gold bars page.

On the LBMA Good Delivery list

Refiners

A 1 gram PAMP Suisse Lady Fortuna gold bar sealed in its blue PAMP assay card, photographed at the Bullion Reserve counter

Switzerland · LBMA Good Delivery · as available

PAMP Suisse · Lady Fortuna

The Swiss refiner behind the Lady Fortuna bar, made in gold from a single gram upward and in silver, sealed in its assay card. Its Lunar bars carry a new zodiac animal each year, and its Veriscan system identifies a bar by matching a photo of its surface to the one PAMP recorded at the refinery.

  • Lady Fortuna gold and silver bars · Lunar bars
  • LBMA Good Delivery for gold and silver

Switzerland · LBMA Good Delivery · as available

Valcambi · CombiBar

Minted and cast bars from Balerna, Switzerland, and the CombiBar: a bar scored to snap into small units, first made as a 50 g gold bar in 2011. It pairs a larger bar's premium with the option of selling a gram at a time.

  • Gold CombiBar: 50 × 1 g, 100 × 1 g, 20 × 1 g or 10 × 1/10 oz
  • Silver CombiBar: 100 × 1 g or 10 × 10 g · LBMA Good Delivery
A 1 gram Argor-Heraeus fine gold bar, stamped 999.9 and serial 626036, sealed in its dark Argor-Heraeus assay card with the matching serial number

Switzerland · LBMA Good Delivery · as available

Argor-Heraeus · Kinebar

The Mendrisio refiner whose minted Kinebar carries a KINEGRAM hologram set into the metal as it is struck; Argor-Heraeus says it is the only refiner licensed to use it on bullion. Each minted bar is sealed in an assay card.

  • Kinebar gold: 1 g to 100 g, and 1 oz
  • LBMA Good Delivery for gold and silver

Australia · LBMA Good Delivery · as available

The Perth Mint · bars

Minted bars come in a serial-numbered card that shows VOID if opened; cast bars are stamped with the swan, weight, purity and serial. The 1 oz silver bar hides a tiny P in the last 9 of “9999 FINE SILVER”. The Perth Mint's coins are on the silver and gold pages.

  • Minted and cast bars in gold and silver
  • Owned by the Government of Western Australia

Utah and Ontario · LBMA Good Delivery · as available

Asahi Refining

The refiner in Salt Lake City and Brampton, Ontario, that took over Johnson Matthey's gold and silver refining in 2015. It makes minted and cast bars in both metals.

  • Silver: 1 oz and 10 oz minted; 1 kg, 100 oz and 1,000 oz cast
  • Gold: minted 1 g to 1 oz

U.S. private mints and secondary market

Private mints

These makers are not on the LBMA Good Delivery list; their silver is sold on its stamped fineness. Looking for a specific maker or series? Call (248) 247-9240.

Nevada · as available

Sunshine Minting

A private mint in Henderson, Nevada, founded in 1979, making silver rounds and bars. Its bullion carries Mint Mark SI, a micro-engraved security mark that shows up only through Sunshine's decoder lens.

  • Silver rounds and bars
  • Mint Mark SI hidden security mark

Indiana · as available

SilverTowne

A Winchester, Indiana maker striking its own silver since 1973. Its struck bars carry the prospector and burro; its poured Pony bars are cast and hand-stamped.

  • Struck bars: 1, 5, 10 and 100 oz
  • Poured Pony bars: 5 oz, 10 oz, 1 kilo and 100 oz

Wyoming · as available

Scottsdale Mint · Stacker & Certi-Lock

Headquartered in Casper, Wyoming, and founded in 2008. Its Stacker bars interlock and each carries a serial number; its gold comes in Certi-Lock, a tamper-evident card you can verify online.

  • Stacker: 1 oz rounds, 10 oz, 1 kg, 100 oz King Stacker
  • Certi-Lock gold: 1 g to 1 oz
A 500 gram Johnson Matthey London silver bullion bar stamped 999, with the crossed-hammers logo

Secondary market only

Johnson Matthey

Johnson Matthey sold its gold and silver refining to Asahi in 2015, so no new JM bars are made. They still trade, and are sold here as secondary-market bars priced on their metal.

  • Gold and silver bars, no longer made
  • Refining sold to Asahi in 2015

Image: Kallemax via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Straight answers

Questions about refiners and brands

What does LBMA Good Delivery mean for a bar I buy?
The London Bullion Market Association keeps a Good Delivery list of refiners whose large bars are accepted in the London market. A small bar from a listed refiner comes from a refinery held to that standard. The U.S. private mints on this page are not on the list, and their silver is sold on its stamped fineness.
Does the brand change what a bar sells back for?
It can. A bar from a maker the whole market recognizes, still sealed in its card, is the easiest to sell and gets the tightest price. A less familiar brand or an opened card may take a wider spread. The metal is the same; the recognition differs.
Should I keep the assay card sealed?
Yes. The sealed card is the maker's certificate for that bar, and a bar still in its card sells back faster and for more than a loose one.

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