There are many manufacturers of silver bars around like Johnson Matthey, Royal Canadian Mint, Pan American Silver or Perth Mint but one of the best names when it comes time to buy silver bars is Engelhard. Engelhard Corporation was started by Charles Engelhard. Engelhard became the world’s largest refiner and fabricator of platinum metals, gold [...]

Johnson Matthey traces its origins to 1817 when Percival Norton Johnson established his own assaying business in London. In 1851, he was joined by a young protégé, George Matthey, then only 25. As early as 1852, the company had achieved conspicuous recognition upon its appointment as Official Melters, Refiners and Assayers to the Bank of [...]