LOL!! Oh woopz... :P Never mind!! Anyway like I said, I've weighed the coins and examined them minutely. I believe them to all be 100%...
My great-grandfather was a Peranakan goldsmith. And my father's family has been Peranakan for centuries. I've traced it back about four or five...
"...The Straits Or Peranakani Chinese were Skilled Silversmiths who left mainland China in the late 19th century and settled in Burma, Indonesia...
1779 weighs 26g exactly (or a fraction higher). The 1790 one is 26.52/3 grams. Given that the '79 one is pretty freakin' worn out, I'm not that...
As the song goes, "I will follow you..." :p If you ever decide to sell that thing, gimme first dibz
If he lives in bloody Melbourne, I'll find him!
I would see nothing wrong with selling a replica as a replica (or even accidentally selling a replica as the real thing) but to knowingly sell a...
Interesting thread, but I agree - to stamp it with "ATOCHA 1622" kinda really hurts the coin. I call fake on this. If it was a real coin, surely...
A well-made, welded, well-bucket, welling up with history!!
Just for my own peace-of-mind, I took this to a local coin-dealer I know. It took him all of half a minute to confirm it as the genuine article....
If you believed every bloody thing that you read, silverware would turn black at the drop of a hat. I really wish I knew where all these crazy...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Dated through the address stamped on the barrel, and the patent-date stamped on the whistle-cap.
Hi Dave, Yes I know what the weight is and I'm confident this is genuine. It's a fraction underweight, but I'm not bothered by that. It's not...
Marked "J.S. & S", "MADE IN ENGLAND" on reverse. Research says that this is the mark of Joseph Sankeys & Sons, an artistic metalware manufacturer...
You mean a pair of buckets and a yoke? Possibly...but surely they'd have something so that you could grab the buckets as well to stop them...
Bought at the market today. Hope it's the real McCoy. It's a bit worn, but I don't see anything overtly suspicious. The lady I got it from is a...
This thread has been so wonderful to read! I admit to being a fan-fan too. It started many years ago during a trip to Singapore. To cope with the...
OBB is right. Late 1800s to the early 1900s (maybe as late as the 1920s?) and most likely English. But yes, very, very hard to sell / value these...
Always wanted a samovar. Short answer: Polish it as well as you can, as thoroughly as you can, as gently as you can. Long answer: The...
Milk churn / urn. I've seen some of these which can be so small as to be hand-held. I daresay it's missing its lid/cap/cover...thingy.
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