A JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME... 

We are a small privately held company that was a concept of our founder a number of years ago when he “accidentally” discovered that spending enough time in the beautiful California sunshine, tasting possibly a little more wine than necessary cruising up a grapevine lined roadway, through vineyards of the “Wine Country,” then soaking lavishly in a warm Sulfur Spring would end in something like this, but it did.

He tells his story in another article, but what happened was he had an American Silver Eagle in his pocket, as a good luck piece, and the exposure to the sulfur in the water and then in his wet pocket, gave the Silver and the Sulfur enough time to create the reaction that creates Silver Sulfide or what most people familiar with coins call “toning” or in other words, it changed the color of the coin.

From that time on, every trip north to the “Wine Country,” would be an opportunity to experiment a little more with the Sulfur and the Silver. And so the progression of his “outings” turned into a “hobby” and the “hobby” turned into an obsession and the obsession became the passion we know today.

OUR SILVER

Over time we amassed a sizable stockpile of silver and other coins. Our inventory consists of Silver Bullion and Silver Bullion Art Pieces, both bars and rounds. Mainly we carry the 1 OUNCE weight range, some 2 OUNCE rounds, and there are the 4 OUNCE bars.
-- When OUNCE is mentioned we refer an OUNCE of precious metal, a TROY ounce. The troy ounce is a unit of imperial measure, now commonly used to measure the mass (weight, in common parlance) of Gold, Silver, Platinum, etc. One TROY OUNCE is defined as exactly 31.1034768 gms, which may be used to denote the value of a precious metal. One troy ounce of gold is denoted with the ISO 4217 currency code XAU, while ONE TROY OUNCE OF SILVER is denoted as XAG. This system is antiquated system, a holdover from the Ancient Roman days and is still in use today… for precious metals. But, when we walk into the grocery store, everything is back to normal and an OUNCE as a fraction of a POUND. Such as a pound of butter, typically it is separated into cubes 4 OUNCES or ¼ POUND. --

SECURITY

Anyway, the point is, we were at the point where no real quantity of SILVER could ever be kept in one place at a time for any length of time …it was DANGEROUS… So, we handled different processes in different locations and with the assistance of our local banker, we had a safe and relatively convenient place to store pieces while they waited turnover. The founder found the little bank ideal to conduct business right in the comfort of one of the offices they would set aside for him… I think because he always brought ice cream for everyone.

BEST OF THE BEST

Our workshop and our office is supplied with the nicest workstations, stocked refrigerator, Peet’s Coffee, and really everything to make you as comfortable as possible. We have a uniquely designed security system with nice quality cameras that you never notice. I know the cameras are not to spy, but for our protection, security, comfort and wellbeing. He has set the alarm off a couple times to scare people off ... plus we have sensors, and detectors, and key pads, and buttons. I know the office is leased but I think he had upgrades before we moved in. When doing larger traansactions or handling shipments himself, he carries. So, his intention is to provide the best, safest, coolest, most fun, environment in which to spend as much time as we do.
His motto is, our motto, “THE BEST OF THE BEST”, and he will say that at least once a day. But I know that is the way he lives, works, and wants for everyone else and he works hard to “make it happen.” In doing so, it’s not an order. It is more a question, like …can you “make it happen” ?

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