I distributed these so that every ship carried at least one chest or a stack of bullion bars.

Will they be scraping bits off bullion bars to pay for petrol and bread?

This resulted in the increased use of bullion bars and rendered it pointless to mint precious metal coins for international payments.

A traditional way of investing in silver is by buying actual bullion bars.

In some countries, like Switzerland and Liechtenstein, bullion bars can be bought or sold over the counter at major banks.

This grade of silver is used to make bullion bars for international commodities trading and investment in silver.

What would the wealthy give for a bullion bar from the same ship?

In the past gold- or silver-colored foil was shaped into bullion bars and burned.

Silver coins and bullion bars are generally 99.9% pure, and labeled with ".999".

Make some shavings off a bullion bar?