It’s important to know where your bullion comes from unless you want to have each bar individually assayed (Costly)
Below are hallmarks you may come across with pictures to help identify them.
Please make comments on this post if you have information to add and I will keep it updated.
 | Australian Bullion Company |
| (ABC) A well known buyer and supplier of precious metals based in Sydney | |
 | Academy Corporation |
| Located in Albuquerque, NM. Academy bullion products have become quite popular with the new CNC machined silver bar! (Top) | |
 | Engelhard |
| A known and trusted US brand of bullion Engelhard stopped turning out silver bars in the mid-1980s, | |
 | Credit Suisse |
| PAMP, a major refinery, produces Credit Suisse bullion bars. Credit Suisse is a major Swiss bank, which has a long history of selling precious metal bars with the Credit Suisse name stamped on them. | |
 | Johnson Matthey |
| Global well known refiner of precious metals | |
 | Pan american |
| A large silver mining company. Bars with the Pan American logo are not produced by Pan American but by the Northwest Territorial Mint. | |
 | Perth Mint |
| The Perth mint refines basically all of the silver and gold produced in Australia and New Zealand, a globally well known product. | |
 | PETER W BECK PTY LTD |
PWB - Precious Metal Services, established in 1976, Peter W Beck is a privately owned and operated company located in Adelaide, South Australia. They are less well know but an acknowledged / accepted refiner and producer of bullion products. | |
 | Rand Refinery Limited |
| Based in South Africa , they claim to be the world's largest GOLD refinery. They are the only mint to produce the world famous Krugerrands | |
 | Wall Street Mint |
| 100-oz silver bars, were first produced in 2002, they are produced by an extrusion process so they are exactly the same dimensions, which make them well suited for stacking. |
