5 g silver bars

One producer at this weight

There is a single 5 g silver bar in stock, made by Nadir Metal Rafineri of Istanbul. Valcambi, Argor-Heraeus and PAMP all make small gold bars at this size; in silver the retail market thins out quickly below 10 g, because the economics stop working for the producer as well as the buyer.

Nadir Metal Rafineri has been on the LBMA Good Delivery list for silver since 20 June 2012, accredited at Bahçelievler, Istanbul. That accreditation belongs to the refinery and to the wholesale plates it produces, not to a 5 g retail bar. Nadir does not publish dimensions for a bar this size, so none are quoted here.

The premium arithmetic, at its extreme

Rolling the strip, pressing the bar, stamping it and sealing it in a card cost roughly the same whether the bar holds five grams or five hundred. On a gold bar that fixed cost disappears into a high metal value. On five grams of silver it does not — the manufacturing is a large share of what you pay, and standard-rate VAT is charged on the whole amount.

Put plainly: a 5 g silver bar is not an efficient way to buy silver by weight. It is a way to own a small, sealed, recognisable unit. Both are legitimate reasons to buy; they are simply not the same reason, and the price reflects which one you are acting on.

If metal per pound spent is the objective, 100 g or 1 kg do it far better. If small units matter, a CombiBar gives you one-gram divisibility inside a single cheaper purchase.

Why silver bars are 999 and not 999.9

The London Good Delivery standard for silver sets a minimum of 999.0, so 999 is the wholesale norm and what most refineries produce, including Nadir. In gold, 999.9 is the retail baseline; in silver it is a differentiator rather than a starting point. The difference is one part in a thousand.

VAT on silver in the United Kingdom

The UK exemption for bullion covers gold bullion only, defined in VAT Notice 701/21 as gold of a purity of not less than 995 thousandths in bar or wafer form, or a qualifying gold coin. Silver falls outside it and carries VAT at the standard rate — 20 per cent in the United Kingdom, 23 per cent in Poland. Statement of the published rule, not tax advice.

Questions buyers ask about this weight

Why does a 5 g silver bar cost so much more than 5 g of silver?

Manufacturing cost per bar hardly changes with size, and silver is inexpensive by weight, so on five grams that cost is a large share of the price. VAT at the standard rate applies to the total.

How big is a 5 g silver bar?

Nadir does not publish dimensions at this size. The volume is fixed at 0.48 cm³ — the same mass of gold would occupy 0.26 cm³.

Is there more than one producer at 5 g?

Not here. Nadir Metal Rafineri is the only 5 g silver bar in stock. The retail silver market thins out below 10 g.

Does silver carry VAT?

Yes, at the standard rate — 20 per cent in the UK, 23 per cent in Poland. Only gold bullion is exempt.

Do you buy 5 g silver bars back?

Yes, quoted against the current silver price. See the buyback page.

Other silver bar weights

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All weights on the silver bars page; the same metal as coins on silver coins.

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