Free Talk Live Silver Bar

Prettier but More Expensive

2 (6.5%)

Not as Pretty but Less Expensive

26 (83.9%)

Neither. Hookers Only Accept FRNs.

3 (9.7%)

Total Members Voted: 29

[Osborne]

So suppose you could order FTL one-ounce silver bars.

Would you rather purchase fancy mirrored-finish ones like the Lakota, or non-fancy matte-finished ones like the FSP?

Fancy costs about $2 more per piece.

[alaric89]

Matte.
If we ever get value backed currency, I hope one vendor will think to make the warehouse receipts in a value, size, and durability for use as G-string tips in a strip bar.
In Norway the smallest bill is around 10 bucks. This makes crotch ganders pretty expensive and few, and the girls get mad if you use change.

[Turd Ferguson]

Non fancy.

They look better longer.

Poured bars would be best with FTL stamped into them real cool like, but I dont know if that is an option.

[One two three]

Why bars instead of rounds?

[BonerJoe]

Matte.

[MotorBoatingSOB]

I answered Neither since, at the moment, I would prefer a more widely minted coin like the eagle. If I thought I could do useful things with less-recognizable silver (and I'd say there's a reasonable likelihood of this in the future), I would rather not be subjected to the production overhead of the shiny coins.

[Osborne]

Why bars instead of rounds?

Coolness?

Maybe that should be another poll.

[Turd Ferguson]

Why bars instead of rounds?

I think bars are cooler than rounds, but I'm just one dude.

Harder to use bars in a hooker vending machine though.

[Diogenes The Cynic]

If it comes down to it, bars look less like "currency" and without ornamentation, it will be harder for the government to prosecute for printing as money.

[Delia]

Perhaps we should start pitching bullion to sex workers. It tends to be used by agorists, who are more likely to treat prostitution as a perfectly respectable profession like any other, and thus more likely to treat prostitutes with more respect.

[hellbilly]

Function before fashion.

[Evil Muppet]

I think the answer would depend on why people would want to buy FTL silver.  My guess it is that it would be more of a sentimental or collectors motivation in which case it would be better if it was more ornate and fancier.  If the reason people would buy it is for trading or stockpiling then the simpler the better. 

[anarchir]

Rounds are better than bars because:

A: they are harder to fake with a lead filling
B: they look cooler
C: they can be both weighed AND measured with a caliper for accuracy
D: visually it is easier to spot a fake
E: they fit in my coin flips

(go with the rounds, I'm more likely to buy them over bars)

I agree with the function before fashion. Keep the cost down and we can buy more and you ultimately get more profit as well.

[Osborne]

Rounds are better than bars because:

A: they are harder to fake with a lead filling
B: they look cooler
C: they can be both weighed AND measured with a caliper for accuracy
D: visually it is easier to spot a fake
E: they fit in my coin flips

(go with the rounds, I'm more likely to buy them over bars)

I agree with the function before fashion. Keep the cost down and we can buy more and you ultimately get more profit as well.

Good points. I'm convinced.

[anarchir]

Rounds are better than bars because:

A: they are harder to fake with a lead filling
B: they look cooler
C: they can be both weighed AND measured with a caliper for accuracy
D: visually it is easier to spot a fake
E: they fit in my coin flips

(go with the rounds, I'm more likely to buy them over bars)

I agree with the function before fashion. Keep the cost down and we can buy more and you ultimately get more profit as well.

Good points. I'm convinced.

Sweet. As soon as you take preorders let us know. I spend a certain amount each week on silver (every monday) so I have to know whether to set aside for some of your stuff or to keep spending while prices are lower. Either way, I'm excited.