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An Engelhard silver bar An Engelhard poured 2 oz 99.99% pure gold bar. Engelhard Corporation was an American Fortune 500 company headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, United States. It is credited with developing the first production catalytic converter. In 2006, the German chemical manufacturer BASF bought Engelhard for US$5 billion.
Engelhard's father began purchasing metals firms in 1902 with his wife's dowry. [6] [15] As a young man, Engelhard worked in the business, dealing in platinum, gold, and silver. Upon the death of his father in 1950, Charles Engelhard inherited a $20 million interest in the Engelhard Corporation and eventually grew it to over $200 million. [11]
In April 1880, Englehart and sixteen leading refiners from London and Petrolia established Imperial Oil in response to Standard Oil's growing dominance in the oil market. [24] [25] Englehart was the driving force behind the partnership, hoping to amalgamate the entire Canadian oil industry, much as John D. Rockefeller was in the process of accomplishing in the United States. [26]
The second lieutenant had no grade insignia, but the presence of an epaulet or shoulder strap identified him as a commissioned officer. Badges were added to the epaulets. Lieutenant colonels added an oak leaf of silver, captains two bars of gold, and first lieutenants one bar of gold. The bars on the epaulets were silver for contrast.
It began selling $2,000 gold bars online in September and sold more than $100 million worth of the bars last quarter. But Costco’s move is more about marketing than just about increasing sales.
The Binion Hoard was American gambling executive Ted Binion's collection of silver and silver dollars. Binion had a safe installed 12 ft (3.7 m) deep in the ground of a vacant lot that he owned in Pahrump, Nevada, United States. In the safe he stored his 46,000 pounds (21,000 kg) of silver, including 135,000 silver dollars.
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