Davey, what you call a skeleton key is a master key on this side of the pond. This would be call ed a skeleton key here. I would think the OP's...
Yes, it does have that tin look. Quite heavy and hard to flex. No tarnish to speak of. Acid inconclusive. Failed magnet slide.
The stuff inside has the look of cattle horn but appears more like it was a poured resin. Bottle coaster. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
$30 this morning. Do you think a hand forger skeleton key has any value? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Pridz Out of the same mold [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The mark on these looked more like pacman Yours look sort of like Saethers
I'd guess Hungarian but you need to see the tiny numeral below the figure for fineness
I just don't see many match safes around here these days [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Not finding same on the googles [ATTACH]
No need for filing. Use a large sewing needle to scratch through the surface in one of the hollow backs.
Please don't call fakes reproductions Fenton makes reproductions of the same pieces they made 100 years ago. They are made by Fenton in the old...
I just transferred a lot of them to the scrap bucket after they failed to garner any interest on feebay. I think at this time there are many more...
No black, just photographs that way.
I assumed that since they were from West Point they'd be proofs, but maybe not. So just look for the W to the right of Washington's neck.
[IMG] Different coin but same idea. The black on the right one is really mirror like.
You're looking for proof condition. Considerably different from mint condition.
It's not the sodium that causes corrosion it's the hygroscopic nature of salt plus the chlorine that corrodes the copper out of sterling
Ferrule is correct though autocorrect doesn't think it's a word
A fairly modern bottle of about three ounces I picked up for $8 at a mostly overpriced estate sale on the second day [ATTACH]
Maybe they were marketed to the bottom side of the globe
[IMG] https://il.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/source/catalog/auction/5270/lot/90666/Japanese-Silver-Salt-and-Pepper-Shakers?lang=en
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