{"product_id":"the-boatmens-national-bank-2ozt-vintage-ser-0235-signed-coa","title":"The Boatmen's National Bank - 2ozt, Vintage, Ser # 0235, Signed COA","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis — 2 Troy Oz .999+ Fine Silver Bar, 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIn September 1970, The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis — founded in 1847 and one of the oldest financial institutions on the Mississippi — commissioned something unusual. From sheets of .999+ fine silver, 1,000 bars were cut, each stamped with the bank's iconic steamboat emblem and numbered serially. Robert A. Niemann, the bank's Cashier, signed each Certificate of Authenticity by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is No. 235.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eFifty-five years later, bar and certificate remain together — a matched set that survived intact while most of its 999 companions scattered into collections, estates, and obscurity. The steamboat on its face isn't decorative nostalgia; it's the symbol of a city that built its fortune on the river, rendered in silver by a bank that understood what endures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt Two999sFine, we don't chase bullion.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e We chase moments like this — pieces where the metal and the history are inseparable, where the serial number means something, and where the story is as sound as the silver.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondary Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53695201411436,"sku":null,"price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0983\/4043\/8380\/files\/IMG_1872.jpg?v=1777774080","url":"https:\/\/www.three999sfine.com\/products\/the-boatmens-national-bank-2ozt-vintage-ser-0235-signed-coa","provider":"Three999sFine.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}