Name Brand Silver

[njo.electric]

Hey guys (and gals) !

I'm trying to compile a list of commercial name-brand non governmental silver manufacturer's of rounds and bars. Here is what I got so far, and please correct me if I am wrong. I think this would help a lot of us when we go to a coin shop looking to purchase silver.

Please add any other names I have forgotten on the list:

APMEX
A-Mark
Credit Suisse
Engelhard
Johnson Matthey
Northwest Territorial Mint / Pan American Silver
Scottsdale Silver
Silvertowne
Sunshine Minting

[Treetop]

Golden state mint

[db23]

Pamp
Rodebaugh
RCM
YPS
Market Harmony
Perth Mint
First Majestic

[madman326]

monarch

[Bham]

Swiss of America

[baggerman]

Bullion direct has there own rounds.

[sambo]

heraeus

[doug]

NTR

[natsb88]

Do you mean "name brand" as in top-tier companies, or "brand names" as in an exhaustive list of all silver manufacturers?

First Majestic (minted by NWT)
Credit Suisse
Quality Silver Bullion
AOCS
Lydian Mint
Ohio Precious Metals
Valcambi

No longer being made, but still circulating:

Paradise Mint (minted by NWT)
National Refiners & Assayers
US Assay Office
AU Minting
Intermountain Silver Corp
Constitution Mint
Liberty Lobby
The Freedom Mint

Small pouring operations:

Walker Silver
Market Harmony
Rodebaugh
YPS
Prospector's Gold & Gems
Suisse Gold

Smaller hand minting operations:

Cohen Mint
A&M Fine Metals

[natsb88]

Kitco

No longer being made, but still circulating:

Goldway
Nevada Coin Mart
Lonestar Silver
Omega

[natsb88]

Franklin Mint (mainly sterling but some 999)

No longer being made, but still circulating:

Academy
Jackson Precious Metals
Tri-State Refining
Anaheim (A-Mark chunky style)
MTB (minted mainly by Engelhard and JM)
Wall Street Mint
NORFED / Liberty Dollar
Washington Mint

[theo]

Someone here pointed out that approximately 300 million ASEs have been minted since their inception in 1986. Are there any estimates as to how many ounces have been minted by these private companies (bars included)?

[Robarons]

Well I know for every 1 ASE I always seem to see 5 to 10 Generics

Lots of private companies with no production limits trying to turn as much profit as possible by selling goods? Who knows- but I am sure a crazy amount

[xippi]

No longer being made

Foster of Walla Walla WA

[sambo]

I thought I read somewhere that there is 1 billion ozs. of investment silver. With all these silver types is that possible? Just in ase's and 90% I would think that number is to low. Sorry if I posted on the wrong thread.Was just reading all these silver co. names and my wheels started turning.

[scyther]

I thought I read somewhere that there is 1 billion ozs. of investment silver. With all these silver types is that possible? Just in ase's and 90% I would think that number is to low. Sorry if I posted on the wrong thread.Was just reading all these silver co. names and my wheels started turning.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. There's no way it can be true. Makes me question the accuracy of a lot of pro-silver articles I read...

[SoFa]

Here are a few others I've come across that I didn't see mentioned:

Umicore
Westminster Mint
Nadir Metal Refiniri (Istanbul)
IAR (Istanbul)