Not seeing one like it is often a good thing. Fakes are usually made in huge numbers and show up all over.
"environmental damage" Two cents worth of scrap copper
My first impression is modern, made in India for sale on feebay, listed as 'Tibetan"
[IMG] It's comical to me to see the lame things people marked as valuable items back then
Temperature is unlikely to help but may damage Put some alcohol in the recess around the stopper and let it soak
It looks like silver Interesting, but I wouldn't expect people to fight over it for too many dollars...
The green is from the copper sulfide coming through the thin plating
Cheap import from Japan for the 5 and dime in the thirties. The base metal was not pure enough copper and that is why the nickel plating didn't...
Short production usually means obscure and not sought after
I want the piston
800 is pattern number
[IMG] Mine has the insulation spacers removed long ago
Maybe tomorrow the rest of set will be out or maybe next month or maybe last week
That's the closest I've seen
CARL**** & Sohne? There was more text on the one with the hallmark but it has been polished beyond deciphering. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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These all look the same in ambient lighting. One is green in black light. Most are orangish. One appears clear. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I'd call it worthlesspoint Most times I've seen something on it it was misdescribed It will show you a value from years ago that is irrelevant...
It's one piece of steel. Pressed into a slit in the brass.
Looks quite purposefully made - by hand. About 3-1/4" overall length. The steel part was round stock to begin with, 0.048" diameter. Squared on...
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