Even Chinese and Japanese silver came with hallmarks. Usually in the form of characters denoting silver, and the silversmith's name, or initials....
I decided that perhaps the two magnets together weren't giving me the results that I wanted. After a LOT of effort, I ripped them apart and tried...
My magnets (they came in a set) are about the size of small marshmallows and they're INCREDIBLY strong!! If I had enough of them, I could re-align...
It's hard to know who's word to accept with this stuff, but I would rather go with a business where their whole uh...business...is dealing coins...
I questioned them and they were absolutely adamant that theirs was real. They had a longstanding reputation as coin-dealers, so...
Yes it did. Same reaction to both coins. And I got the 1802 one from a dealership in the city that's been in business for nearly 100 years. They...
In that case I'll take it to the coin-dealer in town and see what he says about it. He sold me the one on the right.
Yeah the magnet slid right off. Or vice-versa.
I have an RE magnet. It didn't stick, and it rang like silver.
Do you think it's a fake then?
Bought this at the flea-market today from a local coin dealer... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The coin on the left, in case you're confused. I've...
For 4/6 a pot, it had better!! :o
Nothing that immediately springs to mind. Some sort of international sporting-event perhaps?
The few samples of Indian silver I've purchased, which were from the days of the Raj, were stamped S.S. for sterling silver. A few are just...
The red star suggests communism so I reckon it's probably Chinese.
Thanks! Fixing it up was a lot of fun :)
A tincture as AF said is something diluted or mixed with alcohol. So that'd be tincture of lavender oil or something of that nature. The most...
Rostfrei = German. Literally it means "rust-free" or "rustless". So yes, stainless steel.
While some of that stuff I would definitely keep, there's certainly stuff there that I would agree - has no real 'keeper' or 'collector' or...
Next step is to find someone who will buy the other one.
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