Something Hand Poured: The Backstory to my Nemesis Pirate Bar

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Bilge rats! I just have to live with being late again for another Welshie’s Something Hand Poured Share Your Coin Challenge. The only way I can accommodate is move #piratesunday to #piratewednesday, I decided not to move.

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” Blackbirds tend to like Shiny Things” ~ The Bloody Raven

Aye, I remember it like it was yesterday. Back in early 2016, the Silver Stacking community on YouTube was when I met another pirate lass by the name of Silver Diva.

I was impressed by her little hoard of subtle Pirate style shiny so I subscribed to her channel and she subscribed back to me. Poured silver bars at this time was budding art form. Very few mints put out Pirate themed silver in any form. Not like have now with many talented private Stackers turning to this craft.

And looking back at 2016 to 2019 was sort of a Renaissance of poured silver art, an explosion of quality, creativity, value and availability and it still continues to grow as long as there is a steady supply of 999 silver.

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Silver Diva regularly showcased the products Pirate Booty bullion, PBB, with a few other pieces from known pourers at the time. It was a treat from the fare of recently released mint coins and rounds. The PBB Booty banks were a regular feature on her channel, a solid wood construction, brass hardware, and well-appointed with a pirate flourish beneath a smooth enamel finish. Immediately, I found myself checking PBB's EBay bullion store listings. I could order one at the cost equivalent of a little over two ounces of silver. How I would love to get one!

Diva already had previous giveaways of these Booty Banks but my heavy work schedule didn’t allow me time to get in a decent video entry on short notice. To my surprise, Diva contacted me for my mailing address to send me something for supporting her channel. She knew I just loved pirate silver and I was at a loss of words to thank her. My first treasure chest!

The Nemesis Silver Pirate Bar
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Reverse; Skulled Dagger on a Coffin Bar
No Text
0.999 Fine Silver, 267g
Length 91mm, Width 51mm, 15.2mm Thickness 3mm

The Nemesis bar appeared at the EBay store, not just this one but a trio of similar bars. I didn’t have the cash at the time but I sure made it known that I wanted to add the bar to my Booty Bank and tried to put a hold on it until I save the cash for the bar plus $23 shipping charge. PBB couldn’t guarantee it would be there when I came for it. I'm was such a silver pirate noobe.

A time came when Diva was approaching a 1000 Subscriber milestone and wanted to make a big splash giving away more banks and a medium sized silver bar emblazoned with a pair of Jolly Rogers going to the grand prize winner.

As I crafted my video entry I wasn’t really concerned about getting another bank, it was more for the prize bar, though it seemed only secondary to the Nemesis bar. Maybe I could trade it up? There was a good chance I wouldn’t win due to the volume of respondents. So my participating video was more of a “Thank You!” to Diva and PBB for the generous gift, and to the Hand Pouring Silver artists that made it to my tactical map.

The Nemesis Silver Pirate Bar
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Obverse; PBB Stamp
Text; 8.5 TOZ, .999FS
Edge; Plain
Mintage; 4 Known bars

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Now back to our growing clique of Silver Diva fans, the giveaways were exciting in anticipation, PBB'S Booty banks were given away to random qualified participants that published a video “Shout Out” of her big giveaway to the Stacking community. To my realistic expectations, I didn't win.



However, I received a comment from PBB that he seemed very impressed by my participating video. He even paid for the cost of express postage. ⛵️ What a consolation prize!


@welshstacker also asked if I was happy with the purchase. I'll have to say, "Yes! as a pirate-in-my-own-mind who had invested in a Video editing package and over 50+ hours of editing time in this adventure." And at the same time, put me on the YouTube Stacking Community's map, Yes."

I kind of miss those old YouTube days. I've won more than my fair share of Giveaway Silver prizes, and all done in fun. The final chapter was the most memorable and yet the most difficult one to pull together.

I feel a bit sad that Silver Diva gave up publishing her videos some time ago. Her account footprint remains there but all of her videos have been taken down. But if I’m lucky I may catch a recent comment or two by her on another stacker member’s channel.

The Saga of the Nemesis is spread over 14 videos.
Nemesis, What’s in my Booty Bank My participation video entry.
Pirate Booty Bullion Treasure Map + Unboxing Featurette.

The Nemesis Unboxing Featurette

And that wasn’t all from Silver Diva, but saving it for another time.
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Added Hand Poured Silver to my Stack for that big stormy day!

The #sycc tag is the scurvy scheme of Captain @welshstacker for #silvergoldstackers pirates to proudly showcase their shiny booty and plunder for all to see. Landlubbers arrrh… welcomed to participate and be a Pirate at heart so open yer treasure chests an’ show us what booty yea got!

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Great story. I do remember Silver Diva for sure. She did have awesome stuff to show. Glad you got your nemesis.👍

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It was an unexpected way in getting it.
I get the feeling that she still Stacks PMs but not at the same as she used to. I last chatted with her about 2 years ago in the YouTube DM. Perhaps we will chat again.
Thanks for always droping a comment @silverd510

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I took my YT ofline as well as I had a strange guy sending me multiple requests for my address to send me a gift!

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I'd be tempted to send that strange guy Christine Lagarde's home address and let her deal it. Then wait for the 6:00PM news to come on to see what happened.
Yes, I am aware of fake messages of fake YT accounts plaging YT.
There's more than one way in dealing with these rats.
Much Respect @goldrooster

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"Hain-poored...cream o' th' bloody crop!" 😉 -Keptin

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Thank you Keptin.
It may be a we e bit rough around the edges but a beautifully hefty 268 grams of pure investment grade silver to live in my original treasure chest.

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Holy wowsers! Your participation YouTube video was insanely fantastic and very creative! Find it hard to believe yours didn't win @kerrislravenhill 🎬

Always enjoy seeing the pieces of silver trophies that are in your Pirate Booty Bank!🥈🏴‍☠️🦜

!LADY
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You'd find the majority of the entries were barebones style as long as the Shout Out criteria was met. After that, it was a matter of random luck to determine the winners. I was so grateful for the gift Booty bank such that I wanted to raise the bar several notches and what you saw was the final result. PBB took note of my video and decided to reward Quality Content and a thanks for the advertising.

Thanks for the boost @ninahaskin

!LUV
!LADY

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I love the Nemesis Unboxing @kerrislravenhill, I need a letter opener like yours!😇
Only four known bars..... Definitely a keeper!🤗

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That is a fun little video clip.
But in reality I could have done some damage to the blade and the bar. The sword wasn't exactly cheap either. It was an actual but risky way to Unbox my silver but I like to make unboxings a bit more exciting! IT's also why I order my !PIZZA s unsliced.

Thanks for coming aboard @silvertop

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Stand back the Lady is slicing Pizza……😳

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I can image her working as a Pizza delivery driver and come up to the door, "Would you like your pizza sliced?"

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😳😬😇 That would be interesting!

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That is a really cool bar for sure and I love the booty box too. You and that sword would be a scary sight if someone pissed you off.

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Thats a kickass bar and diffently pirate worthy. Good to see you kerris!

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Hey, it's been a while @raybrockman, nice to see you back.
You could probably notice right off the bat that Deft clay nor Petrobond was used in making this bar which makes this piece date 2015-2016 when hand pouring silver was at it's baby steps. And that gives it it's charm!
Have a !BEER

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Silver Diva was a pirate stacker like you. I enjoyed her videos and her friendship. It makes me wonder where she is now, after she moved.
Great show and tell, sis,
!LADY😅🌺🤙

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YouaTubes changed their Content Dashboard and I can no longer find the direct DMs where I last chatted with Diva. I sometimes keep an eye out in the YT Comments hoping to find a recent comment from her. I believe she is still stacking but keeping it low key. Perhaps there was a very good reason why she took down all her videos.
I'll let you know when I make contact with her Sis.
Always, with love 🤗🌺❤️
!LADY

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I Really don't care what the Calendar says Ms. Ravenhill it will always be #PirateSunday in Our Hearts no matter what day it is !LUV
!kerrislravenhill

!LADY
!PIZZA

May the Wind always be in Your SAILS !!!

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PIZZA!

$PIZZA slices delivered:
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That is a really cool pirate silver bar and I like the
matching letter opener even more.

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Those truly look authentic..finally saw your pirate treasure box hehe..
!LADY

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The Booty Bank is my First Treasure Chest. Lol! Now I got more in different shapes and sizes. Each chest is a different catagory or theme as according to my pirate filing system. All have replica Treasure made of investment grade silver. One chest has a small collection of genuine Mexican and Spanish Reale coins.
Thanks for coming aboard @jane1289

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Excellent! Very chunky and I suspect it has a feeling unto it's own! Thanks for sharing sis! Take care and enjoy the upcoming weekend!🤗💜🤗 !LADY

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Damn that's a really badass pour and 8.5 chunky 😄

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It's hard to believe I manage to score this hefty silver bar.
Sure pays to make quality content.

Thanks again for stpping by @bitcoinman
!PIZZA

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Indeed, it's all about making good content, it's not an overnight process and I also think it's important to engage with others and make connections

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Those bars are so cool and I love all of them

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This kind of silver could just sit around in plain view but most people don't realized what it is. Even piling them up in a 'Treasure chest' most will think of it as fake. Nemesis, yea I used it as a paper weight. A cool paperweight.
Thanks for dropping in @bereal47

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Aha, pirates. Always intriguing. Sounds interesting and mysterious.

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Welcome aboard @krabgat
This is what my alter ego, the Bloody Raven, likes to collect, replica pirate treasure made from Investment grade silver bullion. A treasure that's hidden in plain sight.

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Wao great unboxing. This bar looks so beautiful and amazing. It is best thing who loves gold and silver. I always like to add this type of unique things in my collection. Thanks for sharing.

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This is not the form of silver for the novice Stacker to get, for the new Stacker the first silver would be well known brands of generic rounds. I have already met my main financial objectives and can afford to accumulate the more expensive replica treasure.
Good luck in your Stacking @djbravo

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I remember this alright, you had fun doing it.
Lucky you didn't damage the blade tip.

PD.

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I was very much aware of that and aimed at the top part of te box. No real harm to the bar as I can feel it resting at the lower part of the box.
!BEER

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A really cool piece if I may say so and reading through, it is full of memories too. Your silver bank is looking great as well. Happy weekend, Raven.

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Probably one of the coolest unboxing videos I've ever seen. The theatrical soundtrack helped too. !LUV

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The genre of the music track is technically Trailer music. Epic Orchestral pieces written by talent duo of Thomas Bergersen and Nick Pheonix.
!PIZZA

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