About the 4 Bit Divisible Walking Liberty Silver Round

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Produced in brilliant .999+ Fine Silver the Four Bit 1/2 oz Walking Liberty Silver Round is divisible into four bits, each clearly marked 1/8 Troy Oz .999 Fine Silver.

The obverse (front) of the round features Adolph A. Weinman’s stunning Walking Liberty design originally used on U.S. Silver Half Dollars from 1916 through 1947. The reverse design reveals four 1/8 Troy Oz .999 Fine Silver sections which totals 1/2 Troy Ounce of Fine Silver.

What is a “bit”?
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, says: “In the U.S., the “bit” as a designation for money dates from the colonial period, when a common unit of currency was the Spanish milled dollar. As a way of making change, these dollars were cut into eight pie-slice shaped pieces which were called “bits”. For this reason, the whole coin was known as a “piece of eight.” “Four bits” was a half-dollar.

For our purposes here, a bit is 1/8 Troy Ounce .999 Silver (an eighth of an ounce of fine silver). 4 Bit Silver is divisible four eighths of an ounce (one half Troy Ounce) Fine .999 Silver.

Whether you just want something unique or understand what’s going on with world and financial trends and want to be prepared, collecting 4 Bit Silver is a convenient way to own silver in a useful size. Think about it – if the worst does happen and you need to spend some silver to get something – not everything is going to cost a full ounce of silver.

Frankly, we hope you never need to actually “break them to bits” as these first of their kind, “piece of 4” silver rounds are too beautiful.

The idea that they could be divided into 4 one eight ounce bits is (at the moment) mainly symbolic of the time when “money” was a “store of value”, like precious metals have been for thousands of years.

These silver rounds (like coins) are commonly used as investments or gifts or collected or as protection in case of national disasters or bank failures. (Silver in all forms are standard recommendations for almost ALL SURVIVAL AND NATIONAL DISASTER SITUATIONS when BANKS MAY FAIL OR CLOSE AND PAPER MONEY IS USELESS – Only Silver and Gold is accepted everywhere in every emergency.)