International Silver Mint Corporation ran several advertisements in 1972. From the Daily Herald, Provo, Utah from January 23, 1972:
They also sponsored various presentations and sales events hosted by Robert Preston, a doom and gloom author. This example is from the Odgen Standard-Examiner on March 19, 1972:
Various similar advertisements ran in 1972 in Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Oregon and Wyoming papers.
They eventually got into trouble for their sales tactics. This is from the Reno Gazette-Journal on June 28, 1972:
“the firm is engaged in the sale of silver ingots and medallions processed at Colton, CA”
Billings Gazette, June 29, 1972:
Billings Gazette, June 30, 1972:
South Idaho Press, Burley Idaho, July 21, 1972:
Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana, August 10, 1972:
“Silver sold by the firm is not of the 99.9 per cent fine quality” “The company's existence dates to 1968 and not back 40 years” “The firm claims to operate mines”…“but actually buys all its silver from west coast markets”
Great Falls Tribute, Great Falls, Montana, August 11, 1972:
Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana, August 12, 1972:
South Idaho Press, Burley, Idaho, February 16, 1973:
“They don't sell the silver itself. It's a certificate for the silver…”
Daily Herald, Provo Utah, March 1, 1973:
They convinced Utah to exempt silver from Utah sales tax by promising to move the company from California to Utah:
Capital Journal in Salem Oregon from March 2, 1973:
The company appears to have stopped fulfilling orders after the Grabar divorce and dissolution of the company, (from the Daily Mail, Hagerstown, MD, August 26, 1974):
