COLLECTION OF SILVER INGOTS

The cars which, listed in date order are:
1898 Mercedes, 1899 Daimler, 1903 Mercedes, 1903 De Dion-Bouton, 1907 Italia, 1906 Renault, 1907 Napier, 1908 Austin, 1909 Rolls Royce, 1911 Mercer, 1912 Hispano-Suiza, 1912 Sunbeam, 1912 Ford, 1913 Peugeot, 1914 Vauxhall, 1914 Sizaire-Berwick, 1920 Ballot, 1921 Dusenberg, 1923 Austin 7, 1924 Sunbeam, 1924 Morris Cowley, 1925 Bugatti, 1926 Delage, 1927 Hispano-Suiza, 1928 Bentley, 1928 Packard Coupe, 1928 Fiat 509A, 1933 Alfa Romeo, 1934 Alfa Romeo, 1934 Maserati 8cm, 1935 E.R.A., 1935 Auburn, 1937 Mercedes, 1938 Auto Union

In its original wooden box, all the 36 solid silver ingots depict the private collection of historically significant vintage cars owned by Lord Montagu (born 1926) of Palace House, Beaulieu, Hamsphire and has details on the reverse of the ingot. All ingots have the original card with vehicle information.

Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott- Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (born 20 October 1926) is a British Conservative politician well known in Britain for founding the National Motor Museum, as well as for a pivotal cause célèbre in British gay history, his 1954 conviction and imprisonment for homosexual sex, a charge he denied.

Lord Montagu gained an interest in motoring from his father — who had commissioned the original ‘Spirit of Ecstasy’ mascot for his Rolls- Royce — and with his family collection of historic cars this led him to open the National Motor Museum in the grounds of his stately home, Palace House, Beaulieu, Hampshire in 1952. Lord Montagu founded The Veteran And Vintage Magazine in 1956 and continued to develop the museum, making a name for himself in tourism. He was chairman of the Historic Houses Association from 1973 to 1978 and chairman of English Heritage from 1984 to 1992. Whilst there he appointed Jennifer Page (later of the Millennium Dome) as Chief Executive in 1989.