Hero Bullion 2 oz Hand-Poured Silver Bar

Poured by Hand in Texas

Hero Bullion pours this bar in house, in Texas, one bar at a time. Molten silver goes into an open mold, cools on its own, and comes out with a rounded, slightly irregular shape that a press cannot make. It is not a struck ingot run off by the thousand, it is a cast piece finished by our own team, and it is sold only here.

Why a Poured Bar

Pouring is the older way to make a bar, the method that predates the minted ingot entirely. Silver is melted, hand-ladled into the mold, and left to set, which gives the bar its softly domed face and bulged edges. The obverse is stamped while the metal is still soft: the HERO BULLION name in angular block letters above the five-sided shield crest, with 2 OZT and .999 FINE SILVER struck in below. The reverse is left exactly as the mold released it.

No Two Bars Match

Because each bar cools on its own, every one sets up with its own ripples and pitting, its own flow lines, and its own frosted, pebbled reverse. These are not defects. They are the record of the pour, and they are the reason poured-bar collectors want the format. The bar that ships will not look exactly like the photo, or like any other bar we have poured.

Tested Before It Ships

Character is one half, the silver is the other. Every bar is poured to .999 fine, weighed and checked for purity before it leaves, and stamped with the Hero Bullion name behind it. You get the look of a handmade piece without the doubt that can hang over poured silver bought loose.

A poured bar also costs more per ounce than a struck 2 ounce bar. A person melts, pours, stamps and inspects each one, and that hand labor sits on top of the silver price. The format tends to hold that premium on resale, since collector demand for poured bars is steady, but it is a premium and it is worth knowing before you buy.

Specifications

Each bar is two troy ounces of .999 fine silver, cast in an open mold and stamped on the obverse only. Because it is hand-poured, the dimensions, the edge shape, the thickness and the exact stamp placement vary from bar to bar, and it sits thicker than a struck bar of the same weight. See the Specifications tab for the full detail.

Hero Bullion 2 oz Poured Bar FAQ

Why does each bar look different?

Because each one is poured and cooled separately. The ripples, pits and flow lines across the face and the raw reverse form as the silver settles in the mold, so no two bars set up the same. The one you receive is unique to your order.

Is it really 2 full ounces of .999 silver?

Yes. It is poured from .999 fine silver and weighed before shipping, with the weight held to a minimum of two troy ounces. Surface texture and edge shape vary, the silver content does not.

Why does it cost more than a struck 2 oz bar?

Because a person makes each one by hand. The pouring, stamping and inspecting take labor that a stamping press does not, and that work is priced on top of the two ounces of silver. Poured bars usually keep that premium on the resale market.

What is stamped on the bar?

The obverse carries the HERO BULLION name, the five-sided shield crest, and two lines reading 2 OZT and .999 FINE SILVER. The reverse is left blank, exactly as it came out of the mold, so the raw pour surface is undisturbed.

Is this bar IRA eligible?

Fineness is not the only test. A precious metals IRA generally wants bars from an accredited refiner or mint, and a hand-poured house bar usually does not clear that rule regardless of purity. Hold it as a bar, and check with your custodian before counting on it for an account.

Like your silver with the marks of the pour still on it? The rest of our hand-poured silver is cast the same way in Texas.

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