Around that same time (perhaps a bit earlier) I was collecting "1-OUNCE ART BARS" and buying them at coin shows and pawn shops for a fraction over spot. I had albums with all the PVC flips that were the size of the bars...I kept buying them along with the round 1-ounce coins made by Dambury, FM and a few other mints... and when the Hunt brothers did their thing silver started to climb and I sold everything at $17 thinking I was making a killing....