M & B Mining Omega: 1, 2 and 3 oz Varieties

Most of you that follow my collection know that I have a soft spot for Omega pieces. Again, if you missed the first blog post, you can find it in the archives or by doing a keyword search. This was an old refiner out of Las Vegas in early to mid 70s. These ingots were once very accessible in the market, but today seem to be found mainly in 10 oz second generation, although a small hoard of 3 oz second gen pieces was recently found. Even so, premiums are high on these smalls, particularly gen 1 and pieces with oddities like double stamps or small fonts, etc. Enjoy these pics.

5 different types of Omega smalls above. Note the 1/2 oz is far and away the most rare and can fetch insane premiums.
Note the hallmark on reverse bottom right. Very unique.

Here are a few more 1 oz examples shared by Jon M., who is becoming a regular contributor now. Thanks again.

Nice Trio.
Love the positioning of the Omega stamp on middle pictured ingot above.

And some two oz pieces for your viewing below:

First gen on left, second gen type 1 large 2 in middle and type 2 small 2 on bottom right corner.
Nice character and patine on many of these pieces.

A nice mix of various 3 oz varieties below:

First gen top left side. Note the double hallmark in large stamp and small stamp comparisons on middle two pictured ingots. Pretty cool.

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9 thoughts on “M & B Mining Omega: 1, 2 and 3 oz Varieties”

  1. This may sound strange. But my Grandfather gifted me a 100 Troy oz Omega 999 fine silver bar. I have been thinking of selling it and can’t see to find this kind of bar anywhere. You seem to have a “soft spot” for this brand. Would you be interested in purchasing it? I am trying to by my first home.
    Thank you for your time,
    Rachel

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    1. Hi Rachel,

      Thanks for the reply. What a nice gift to receive from your Grandfather. You should hold onto it, as silver is very undervalued in my opinion. I appreciate you offering it here to me, but I’m not in the market for 100 oz bars at this time.

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  2. I have an opportunity to purchase a 10 Troy oz bar but can’t find much info except for selling them, I would like to find some background info, can you give me a direction to read up on the history? Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter. Ron

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    1. Hi Jared, thanks for the note here. Omega smalls continue to rise in value. I’m not a seller, unfortunately. I think getting on Instagram or Facebook and find some groups with vintage silver bar collectors is your best bet. Ebay is also a source, as is developing relationships with your local coin shops. Even attending coin shows you can potentially find some nice vintage bars.

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  4. Nice collection!! So i just recently found a 3oz omega ingot I’m new in metals so the vintage high premium silver isn’t what im targeting I’m in build weight mode!! That being said, i bought it in the hopes that i could trade someone along the way for a bigger bar or fiat, I’m in no way trying to promote my new youtube channel, but if you would like to see the omega i bought i uploaded a video on it the other day. I’m glad i found this page. Good info 👍 youtube mountain stacking

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