Big Bar Crate

The Big Bar Crate

This product is recurring and ships on the 15th of each month.

If you stack silver bars and want a few ounces a month, this is the only place on the internet to do so!

This crate contains mostly silver bars although silver rounds do make an appearance, usually in the form of fractional rounds such as 1/2 oz, 1/4 oz or 1/10th oz sizes. This is how we top of each crate to the closest dollar amount for the price tier you selected. Mints do not generally produce bars smaller than 1 ounce size, with rare exceptions, so rounds are used.

How it works

As with all of our precious metals subscription crates, each order is built out from largest size by weight, to smallest. The only exception to this is if we can get a lower overall premium using smaller pieces. We start first by taking the price tier and using the largest bar possible and filling the rest of the dollar amount with smaller pieces right down to gram size items if applicable. For example, if you ordered a $250 Silver Bar Crate, you might receive a 10 oz Silver Bar, a 1 oz Silver Bar, a 1/2 oz Silver Round and finally a 1/10 oz Silver Round, depending on current market price and premiums.

You can also add additional bullion with a one-time Investor Crate Plus membership, however, we recommend you try our subscription crate service first before upgrading.

Each month on the 1st, billing is conducted. Orders are prepared and shipped on the 15th of each month.

Common Silver Bars found in the Big Bar Crate

• 1 oz and 10 oz Silver U.S. Flag Bars: Commonly minted bars by Highland Mint and Silvertowne Mint that display full face American Flag design, very popular with our customers.  
• 1 oz Assayed Nadir Silver Bars: Most silver bars do not come in assayers or with certificates of authenticity, however Nadir Refaneri in Turkey has recently began producing some stunning serialized bars in secure tamper proof assayer cards for a reasonable premium.
• Aztec Calendar Silver Bars: The Golden State Mint which is a private silver producer here in the U.S. has released an intricate Aztec Calendar design available in 1/10 oz, 1/4 oz, 1/2 oz and 1 oz silver rounds as well as 1 oz, 5 oz and 10 oz silver bars. Meticulously detailed. 
• Vintage 1-100 oz Silver Bars: With a lower frequency we sometimes get lots of vintage bars from A-MARK, Johnson Matthey, Engelhard, Republic Metals Corporation and a few others who no longer produce silver bars.   
• Kilogram Silver Cast Bars: Tons of mints ranging from Germania Mint, Asahi, Perth, PAMP Suisse, Valcambi SA all vacuum cast silver bars in kilo and 100 oz sizes which are popular in our high price tiered Big Bar Crates.
• Hand Poured Bars: Least common are special hand poured bars. These usually come with a high premium due to the difficult process this entails but from time to time we are able to negotiate a low premium on a batch from companies like Bison Bullion, PG&G Refining, Yeager Poured Silver, MKBarz, Backyard Bullion and a few others.  

Common private governments, mints, banks and recyclers who produce our bars

• JBR Recovery
• Perth Mint
• Umicore
• Argor Heraeus
  
• Metalor
• Australian Bullion Company (ABC)

Silver fractionals

While the vast majority of a Big Bar Crate is comprised of silver bars, small silver coins and rounds may be present usually in fractional (under 1 troy oz) sizes. These pieces are used to get you to the absolute highest dollar amount you paid and are convenient because they come as small as 1 gram or 1/10 oz depending on what we received for the month.

Add additional bars and other bullion products

The premise and overall business model of Investor Crate is a dollar cost average and group buy solution to lower premiums (markups) on a monthly and annual basis. When we place our huge wholesale orders each month that then get divided up among our subscriber base, we are always left with a large overstock inventory. We then list these items at the end of the fulfillment cycle at cost for you to add them to your crate.

If you buy quite a bit of precious metals each month or want to add select items, you might want to check out our premium Investor Crate Plus membership. All proceeds goes to buying larger orders which facilitate bigger inventories to ensure we have enough for all of our customers.

Billing & Shipping Cadence

Billing will occur immediately upon check out and all future recurring charges will occur on the 1st of each month. There is no contractual obligation, hidden account fees or cancelation fees and you will only be billed for the amount you originally paid at check out.

All monthly precious metal subscription crates ship on the 15th of every month.

Cut-off Policy

Due to an increased volume of fraud, all orders must be placed on or before the 5th of each month to qualify for same month shipping. This 'cool off period' allows us time to discover fraudulent orders which helps safeguard our clients and increase overall company efficiency. Please refer to the chart below to better understand our billing and shipping cadence. Months used are an example.

Ordered on or before the 5th of January.

• Your order ships on January 15th. (Order transit time is usually 1-5 days.)
• Your next billing date occurs on February 1st.
• Your second order ships on February 15th.
• At this point you are on track with all Investor Crate subscribers.

Ordered after the 5th of January.

• You are skipped in the February billing cycle.
• Your order ships on February 15th.
• Your next billing date occurs on March 1st.
• Your second order ships on March 15th.
• At this point you are on track with all Investor Crate subscribers.

Disclaimer

By using our service, you acknowledge that you have conducted your own, comprehensive review of the assets, liabilities and their potential. No employee or agent of Investor Crate, LLC will ever advise you on any asset and we urge all customers to seek financial advisement before utilizing our services.

Additionally, you acknowledge that the photos used in product descriptions are representations of past customer crates and may not properly represent what you will receive. With the constant fluctuations in the market and the different price tiers we offer; the quantity received as well as brand of mint or manufacturer may differ slightly from the visual representations on this website and may also differ slightly month to month.

If you have any questions about our full disclaimer, terms of service or any aspect of our operations, please do not hesitate to reach out to a support representative.

What is Investor Crate Plus

Investor Crate Plus is our premium membership which gives customers access to our wholesale trading platform. It's based on the popular 'pay to shop' department store wholesalers. The annual membership fee covers larger monthly orders (to account for the new member) causing an overstock of inventory each month which is then placed up for sale at cost.

Our premium members also have a few other perks outlined on the Investor Crate Plus page. These range from priority order fulfillment, priority shipping, fee free Fire Sale items including any additional shipping and handling charges and more.

What is the Fire Sale page?

The Fire Sale side of our website is a proprietary wholesale trading platform that encompass our entire available inventory. If you've browsed it, you'll notice we did away with predatory tiered volume pricing and fluctuating market prices seen on virtually every other bullion retailer's website.

This inventory is refreshed at the conclusion of each fulfillment cycle (around the 15th of each month) and available with no buy limits while the supply lasts.