QSB challanges Au and Ag Chat Room on Paltalk

It has come to my attention that our good friend Jim Little, owner of QSB issued a challenge to Chad Venske AKA“Economic Spy” during a Paltalk session. Apparently, Jim told him if he could get 450 registered members to join his Au and Ag chat room on Paltalk within a reasonable amount of time, Jim would work with him to create a 1 oz. or ½ oz. .999 pure silver round for his chat room. So if you want to support someone who is doing an incredible job in getting the word out about silver and gold ownership - Here is your chance. To support this endeavor, register on paltalk and join the Au and Ag chat room. You can watch the YouTube video about this challenge here.

The Silverbug Round Will Begin Production Today

After numerous emails and phone calls between me and Jim Little, owner of Quality Silver Bullion we are ready to start production on the 2010 Silverbugs .999 Fine Silver round.  The obverse die cam in a few days ago, but needed to be treated and cleaned.  In the meantime, Jim and I looked at several possibilities for the reverse side.  I have to give Jim props for being very patient with me.  I did not want anything too plain, but I did not want a reverse imprint that detracted from the Silverbugs side. We finally settled on this:

Jim also sent me a photo of the unpolished Obverse (Silverbugs) side.  Remember this is unpolished so it will look much better before minting begins.

They go on sale tomorrow!  So If Jim does not have them up QSB's website, you can call the contact number and order!  This is a great day for Silverbugs, how many groups have their own .999 Fine Silver round?  So I encourage you to buy these, since Jim had the artwork touched up and die made and did not charge us a cent. Plus he had to put up with me for a month or so, and I was like a picky dowager in a shoe store.  I wanted to see every possible combination of obverse and reverse sides.

Also, you do not have to be a Silverbugs member, to purchase these rounds, but I think Silverbug members will get a discount on the premium!  So buy silver NOW!

BTW, look for our coin in one of Jim's YouTube productions soon.

Contest To Design The New Silverbugs .999 Silver Round!!!!!!!

If you do not know already, there is a group on Facebook called “Silverbugs”. It is for people who have an affinity for Precious Metals, especially Silver. This group is growing at an extremely fast rate. We have over 200 dedicated members, with more joining everyday, and it is open to the public.

The admins at Silverbugs are always looking for ways to make Silverbugs the best group on Facebook. So with that in mind, our next great accomplishment is that Silverbugs is going to have our own, professionally minted silver rounds produced, thanks to one of our members, Jim Little, owner of Quality Silver Bullion (QSB). But that’s not all! Not only are we going to have our own round, but we are going to let our members design and choose the Silverbugs logo that will go on the face of the round. That’s right, we are going to have an art contest, open to all Silverbugs members. Then we will let all Silverbugs members vote on the winning logo. The logo with the most votes wins!

The winning member not only gets bragging rights, but will also get a QSB .999 silver 1 troy ounce round. So if you’re not a member but want to submit an entry, join Silverbugs on Facebook. If you are already a member, get out your pencils, pens, computer art programs, etc. and get to work. The submitted artwork must be on a template that looks like this:

Your submission should go in the large circle, diameter approximately 7”, and the winning submission will be put on the face of the round that will be the size of the smaller circle. The template is on 8.5” X 11” paper. I am in the process of setting up a site where you can download the template in pdf format. The XXX’s on the template are for you to remember to leave room within the circle for lettering, as we there will be a phrase on the round as well as a link to our group.

There really aren’t any rules; except every member is limited to one submission and it must fit within the larger circle on the template. So create what you think would look best on a round. The round will not be colorized, or shaded, but if you want to submit a colorized or shaded version, the die maker can trace around it. I suggest a detailed line drawing.

I believe this contest is something we all can have fun with and the final product will be a work of art that we can all own and be proud of! I know that I will want plenty for myself. I have to give kudos to: Jim Little, who is having the die made at no cost to us and Darrell Head, who, along with Jim came up with the idea for our own round. Of course, the contest was my idea ;). We will discuss how to obtain the freshly minted rounds at another time, but for now be creative and remember Silver is Money!