M/W.E. Mowrey Refining

W.E. Mowrey has a rich and long history in the precious metals industry. They started in 1899 in Minnesota and still do business there today. Here is a snippet taken from their website that gives a bit of history.

“The company was founded in 1899 on Robert Street in St. Paul, Minnesota by William Edwin Mowrey and moved to its present location on University Avenue in 1911. William developed a line of dental alloys as an outlet for the gold he refined.  The company has changed ownership four times since its inception and remains at its second location in the midway area of St. Paul.” http://www.mowreygold.com.

They are made beautiful ingots ranging from 1 oz to 20+ oz. They are very rare and hard to come by. Based on style, my guess is they were made late 70’s to early 80’s timeframe. I’m fortunate to own the 3 pictured below. These are keepers!

Phenomenal trio. The bottom 5 oz class is one of my top 10 favorite 5 oz bars in my entire collection.
Check out the lines on the bottom ingot. Wow.


Author: Vintage Poured Bars

New blogger with a passion for old poured silver bars. I'm a Bay Area native and self employed. Active buyer of vintage silver poured bars and occasional seller.

2 thoughts on “M/W.E. Mowrey Refining”

  1. Hello, I recently found your web site focusing on historical silver bars. I have been collecting these types of silver bars for about 25 years. I have started to use your web site and found the data accurate and extremely useful. Today I’m focusing on the W E Mowrey company. I have a 7.105 cast bar that I would consider selling at the ‘right’ price. I see that you have three already. If you don’t have an interest in this bar, what would be a fair, reasonable price? I can send photos if you want.

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