David C. Davis - San Francisco, California

I want to share a new piece the recently came in the mail. I have posted some articles previously about David C. Davis ingots. As new pieces are aquired new discoveries are made.

I strongly believe all Davis ingots will reach tier 1 premiums. A month ago a 5oz sold over $2500.00 on EBay. Which I documented here on Steemit. That set an all time record. It was also the only Davis ingot to be publically auctioned off in the past 5 years.

Here is the David C. Davis 10oz silver ingot I aquired...

This is arguably the nicest "square mold" example I have seen to date. When I say "square mold". I am referring to the square shape style of this variety. There is another variety in the 10oz class that has rounded ends and edges. This square mold variety has been seen with lower serial numbers. As well as an even 10oz weight stamp. The rounded variety tends to be a odd weight. The strike and origional color on the newly aquired Davis are outstanding!

To follow up on saying new discoveries are made when more pieces are acquired. I now question how they manufactured the David C. Davis ingots. I have seen the hallmark on obverse and reverse sides of BOTH square and round varieties. See the square variety comparison below..

A few collectors in the community believe there was no rhyme or reason has to how David C. Davis stamped these. As you can see the square side with sharper edges is the bottom of the mold(reverse side). The top side shows the "pillow top"(obverse side). It will be interesting to document these moving forward to see how they are struck more often then not.

These David C. Davis ingots are exceedingly rare. Allengelhard.com shows an estimated mintage of less then 100 in this variety. It is tough to find any documentation on them. I see this as an opportunity to offer unique discoveries to all members of the community!