This was a time when you could actually find older silver coins in change, or go through rolls of bank coins, and, if you were lucky, pluck out a few great silver pieces. These ingots became increasingly popular, and in 1979, the “Hunt Brothers,” Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt, began buying vast amounts of physical silver and silver futures. Many (beautiful) silver bars, also known as ingots with interesting designs and themes, were being produced by many of the major brands that minted silver bars. New silver ingots are being created in full color, with partially colored highlights, holograms, privy marks, and many other new features becoming increasingly available. The Texas oil tycoons, the Hunt Brothers, who attempted to corner the global silver market by buying massive amounts of physical silver and futures in silver, finally collapsed in what came to be known as “Silver Thursday”.