EPM was a mystery to me for quite some time, but as the hobby has grown, more and more collectors have done due diligence in finding provenance on these bars. I formerly referred to EPM bars as Empire Precious Metals, which is inaccurate. Thanks to silveringotinfo.com, this mystery has been cleared up. They posted an old advertisement confirming this is in fact Eastern Precious Metals and it was started in 1980 out of Lancaster, PA. It was affiliated with a business called Steinmetz Coins and Currency. I have a type 1 and type 2 example. There as an extruded type 3 ten oz bar that I sold a few years back.
Vintage Silver Bars 
EPM was as you mentioned Eastern Precious Metals. All bars were manufactured by my father in what is now our Lancaster location. Bars made were 1 oz, 10oz, 25oz, 50oz and 100oz.
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That is really neat to hear. I’m a big fan of these.
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Mike – This is cool….
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Do you have any production numbers on any of those?
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Hello Michael, I have 100 oz bar 002654. How many 100s were made ? And when epm stop producing these bars?
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Hi Scott, I don’t have that data, unfortunately.
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