Rare Bache 50 oz .999 Silver Bar Cr. 22 578597263973508oz

578597263973508oz

She was the 300 ton purpose-built flagship of the London Company and a highly unusual vessel for her day

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Rare Bache 50 oz .999 Silver Bar Cr. 22 578597263973508ozBache bars hearken directly back to the Hunt brothers attempt to corner the silver market. The Hunt's had invested heavily in silver futures, notably from the investment firm of Bache Halsey Stuart Shield. When Comex set the Silver Rule 7 limiting the purchase of commodities on margin, Bache (later Prudential Bache) issued a margin call for $100 million and the Hunts came up short. A consortium of banks bailed out the Hunts and Bache did end up