Drew Refining Silver Bars

Drew Refining is another one of the many West Coast bars that I love. I’m a native Californian and have grown to love pieces from Drew. They were out of Berkeley, CA circa mid-late 70s. Not a lot of information is available on Drew, unfortunately. They are more commonly found in 10 oz, but even the 10s have become hard to find. The 5 oz are my favorite as you will see from the following pic.

The 6 oz is the older variety with portrait hallmark positioning. I love this piece and to find a 6 oz is extremely unusual. The 5.15 oz is the type 2 landscape positioned hallmark, and the extruded is the rarest of the bunch. These came later and were a very limited run. I’ve come across 3 of them ever.
Reverse shot. Some nice patina on the type 1 and 2 ingots.

Drew came in larger sizes, too, and not uncommon to find them in 25-100 oz. Here is a type 1 and type 2 10 oz.

Notice same patter as 5’s. The bottom is a type 1 portrait and top is type 2 landscape variety.
These reverses are darkening with age. Love that patina!

If anyone gets more information on Drew pieces, please email me at silverblogger@vintagepouredbar.com

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