On a positive note….

Afternoon everyone….

Let’s look at things differently today. Forget about what I can’t control. The last few days here the weather has been absolutely gorgeous. High eighties with lower humidity than normal. Today we even had a few nice bursts of breeze throughout the day. Tomorrow is supposed to be the same.

But things are supposed to go back to humidity and thunderstorms by late Thursday. So I’ll take it while I can get it.

This is a ten ounce bar produced by the Golden State Mint. It is appropriately named the Samurai bar. The detail is fantastic and it’s got a cameo look to it as well.

Here is the description from the Golden State Mint website:

The Samurai is one of the most important symbols not only from Japan, but from universal history. A Samurai represents that a true warrior must defend ideas like loyalty, courage, veracity, compassion, and honor. This is called Bushido, the 8 codes of honor and ideals that a Samurai follows. The meaning of the word Samurai is “ones who serve”. A bar of silver is a respectable canvas to mint the art of a Samurai. At Golden State Mint, we strive to be honorable as well in the quality of our silver bars and all of our products. This bar of silver features a standing Samurai in a defensive position wearing a full armor including the well-known Samurai mask used for protecting the face and to strike terror into enemies. This armor is called Karuta (karuta-gane) from the Portuguese word for “card” because of the rectangle card-shaped pieces of the armor. Samurai for a time used gold and silver bars as currency, a bar of silver was called Shu-Gin.

Take a look for yourself....