Acid does not polish. If only dipped, it is not polished. The flat finish is due to the bits the sulpher ate out and the loose bits of silver the...
I regularly buy basket case, carbon black pieces. Tarn-X is only a few percent hydrochloric. I use 33% acid. It only affects the silver sulfate...
Fauxtiques. 1970s. Turkey or India.
The blade is sort of dull [ATTACH] Gebruder Bing Nuremberg[ATTACH]
9c is duller looking in general. The 14K will wear more easily - links become stretched with wear.
I think it would be rather uncomfortable to wear in January
They must have made thousands of these [ATTACH] Yet I can't find one on the innerwebs [ATTACH] Spose no one is looking for one either
This modern belly dancer stuff is coming out of Turkey and India real cheap
It is a piece of bullion. Perhaps if it was in mint condition it might have a collectable value. As it is, it is worth 50 grams of silver.
90 indicates the thickness of the plate layer. The fineness is always .999 on electroplate.
1951 Magnolia / Inspiration
Nickel doesn't really tarnish. A copper nickel might. Tarnished copper nickel often has the stinky brass smell. I think you're going to need acid...
Looks like silver. Maybe tin. Definitely not chrome.
There is no mercury in a mirror
One Swiss Franc (CHF) = one US Dollar http://www.glockengiesserei-gusset.ch/shop/index.html
There are similar with rough splines to make it tight in the hole. Some have tapered shanks. Some have oblate shanks. Some get spot welded or...
They are pressed tight into the hole like a rivet [IMG] I hope you wore protection
They came in various colors and combinations. The front bezel just snaps on the little rim near the outside edge of yours.
Looks like 1930s MIJ
Pie safe
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