This Blog post was referred to me after a discussion regarding the Popular silver bars known for their unique appearance and commonly called Kit-Kat bars after the famous candy bar due the similar shape. This is the author’s personal collecting story and he share some important facts:

When I started my vintage journey about 6 years back, California Crown Mint was among the early vintage pieces I acquired.

Otherwise known as CCM, these ingots were produced in higher volume, but disappeared during the “Great Melt.” Their commonly found in kit kat style, predominately 5 and 10 oz, but they also did 25-100 oz which are less commonly found these days.

They have a great hallmark of a crown with the initials M and G in the crown. For those who don’t know, these are the initials of the former President of CCM, Michael Graham.

The company began in 1980 and put out a lot of bars their first few years. Not much information can be found after this period of time.

One of my favorite CCM pieces is an ultra-rare poured 10 oz class bar.  I’ve come across 3 in all my time collecting.

CCM also made bars for various resellers as you can see by the example below, DGSE (Dallas Gold and Silver Exchange). The serial number also happens to be the date the ingots were made, so in the case of the 10 oz bar pictured, the #12781 signifies December 7th, 1981. Pretty cool.

If you are searching for this type of bar, they can be found at Captain’s Coins Cards and Silver.

Vintage Poured Bars and the author of this article can be contacted at site below.

Source: Vintage Poured Pours