Sure looks like silver...
Got a UV light, Marie? It may not fluoresce, but...
I'itoi, I think... I know...close but No Cigar.
The Man in the Maze?
Longer I look at it, the better I like it. Thanks!
Good to see an' hear the Master At Work, once again...Thanks, Marie!
He was a Baptist Minister...ran the rescue mission in Stockton, California for many years. He was a humble, decent an' mellow uncle.
I think you're right, AJ...I was going from memory, a fraught undertaking any more. As AJ suggested, Simon Krap...an' the last name is pronounced...
The 'stick trio look Spanish, to me...bwdik?
I'll dig into that Frisian possibility... Her mother, Cornelia DrBach (or DeBoch); her father, Herman Krap. Siblings: brother Seamon an sister...
It was reliably dated to late 18th-early 19th C England; hence Georgian. As an aside: my mother was Georgia, as close as spoken English could get...
I bought this from an old friend about 35 years ago at a major antique show in Portland, Oregon. He was my senior by about 15 years, an' had...
Many are the milkshakes I've consumed, most of them offered up with the balance of the 'shake in one of those, 'cause it wouldn't fit in the...
Like he said!
What a fascinating piece, Bosko!
High probable...Thanks.
This is ~8 1/2" long overall, weight is 13 1/2 oz. Cross section is slightly diamond-shaped, with ~1/2" faces; the tab is ~2" long by ~1 1/8"...
Good place for it!
Count the tail feathers, but as R20 an' Davey said...its value is in its weight in silver. It's a keeper...if you clean it, it will sparkle at...
I had heard the word but had to look up its spelling! The dime was a size comparator; I've hoarded US silver coins since the mid 60's when they...
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