100g Bunker Bullion Silver Bar

The 100g Bunker Bullion Silver Bar

One hundred grams of silver is a practical metric entry point into bar stacking. The weight equals 3.22 troy ounces, putting it just below the 10 oz bar that dominates the troy-ounce market, and 100g silver bars carry premiums broadly comparable to their 10 oz cousins. For buyers in metric markets, or anyone who wants a meaningful chunk of silver without committing to a kilo bar, the 100g format does the job at modest cost.

This bar is branded by Bunker Bullion and is struck in .999 fine silver, the standard purity for silver bullion bars. The general logic of silver bars applies in full: bars carry the lowest premiums of any silver form, making them the most cost-efficient way to accumulate silver weight, and the premium curve rewards size. The single biggest premium drop happens between 1 oz and 10 oz bars, so a 100g bar captures most of the efficiency gain available to a retail buyer while remaining an affordable single purchase, with roughly $100 of metal value at recent silver prices.

The trade-offs are the standard bar trade-offs. A bar cannot be partially liquidated, brand recognition affects what a dealer will pay at buyback, and in VAT jurisdictions the tax hit lands regardless of format. Buyers who prioritise exit liquidity over entry cost should weigh sovereign 1oz silver coins instead, accepting a higher premium for an easier sale.

100g Silver Bar Specifications

Silver bars are produced by two methods: cast bars, poured into moulds with a rougher, more rustic finish and lower premiums, and minted bars, cut and stamped with a polished finish and often sealed in packaging. At 100g either style is manageable; silver's lower density means the bar is larger than a gold bar of the same weight, but it remains a compact object that stores easily in any safe.

Care follows the standard silver rules. Silver tarnishes when exposed to sulphur compounds, so store the bar in dry conditions, ideally wrapped or in sealed packaging with anti-tarnish strips nearby. Tarnish does not affect the metal content or melt value, but a clean bar in intact original packaging consistently resells better than a loose, darkened one. For larger holdings, note that silver's storage challenge is cumulative: the metal takes far more space per dollar of value than gold, which is worth planning around before a stack outgrows its safe.

Tax Treatment of the 100g Bunker Bullion Silver Bar

Silver bars get the same tax treatment as silver coins almost everywhere; the meaningful divide is between gold, which is widely exempt, and silver, which often is not.

• UK: 20% VAT applies to new silver bullion, and bars carry no CGT exemption since they have no legal tender status. Bars are the least tax-efficient silver format for UK buyers; the VAT alone can push the effective all-in premium on small silver bars far above the headline figure.
• EU: Full national VAT rates apply to silver, typically 17-27% depending on the member state. Margin scheme treatment can reduce the effective rate on second-hand bars in some countries, but new bars typically attract full VAT.
• US: Most states exempt bullion from sales tax; several tax it or set purchase thresholds. Long-term gains are taxed at the collectibles rate of up to 28%. IRA silver requires 99.9% purity from accredited refiners.
• Canada: GST/HST exempt; silver refined to 99.9% or better in bar form qualifies.
• Australia: GST-free at 99.9% purity or better as investment-grade silver.
• New Zealand: GST-exempt at 99.9% purity or better in bar form. No general capital gains tax.
• Singapore and Hong Kong: Singapore exempts qualifying investment silver from GST and has no capital gains tax; Hong Kong levies no sales tax or import duty at all.

100g Bunker Bullion Bar vs Refinery Bars and Nearby Sizes

At 100g, the established names are the European refiners: Valcambi, PAMP Suisse, Heraeus, and Umicore all produce 100g silver bars as cast or minted versions, and LBMA-accredited refiner bars command better resale prices than bars from lesser-known brands. Unrecognised bars typically sell at melt value only, with no brand premium recovered. That makes the maths for a dealer-branded bar like this one straightforward: it needs a purchase price low enough to offset the weaker buyback, and judged purely as silver weight, the cheapest .999 bar wins.

On size, the closest alternative is the 10oz silver bar at 311g, widely considered the most popular silver bar size and the one dealers most actively quote. Its premiums of roughly 4-8% bracket what 100g bars achieve, and its deeper market makes it the safer default for anyone unsure where they will eventually sell. Below 100g, smaller silver bars exist but premiums climb steeply toward the 8-15% typical of 1 oz bars; above it, the kilo bar reaches the 3-6% floor of retail silver premiums.

Form is the final axis. Silver rounds offer a coin-shaped format at 5-10% premiums, and sovereign coins like the 1oz silver Britannia cost more but carry government backing, the deepest liquidity, and, for UK buyers, a CGT exemption no bar can match. The 100g bar is the weight-first choice; everything else trades metal for marketability.