I'd say early 20th century. Black ink, red ink, and perhaps water, or a brush in the middle, for cleaning the pen-points. And up the back,...
I've only scrapped silver maybe once in my life. I had a whole heap of useless silver lying around which I knew nobody was ever going to buy. So I...
I suspect that those slats or planks on the base are not original. Those semi-circular cutouts might hold maps, blueprints etc, nautical charts...
In that case I'll just toss it out then.
Even Chinese and Japanese silver came with hallmarks. Usually in the form of characters denoting silver, and the silversmith's name, or initials....
I decided that perhaps the two magnets together weren't giving me the results that I wanted. After a LOT of effort, I ripped them apart and tried...
My magnets (they came in a set) are about the size of small marshmallows and they're INCREDIBLY strong!! If I had enough of them, I could re-align...
It's hard to know who's word to accept with this stuff, but I would rather go with a business where their whole uh...business...is dealing coins...
I questioned them and they were absolutely adamant that theirs was real. They had a longstanding reputation as coin-dealers, so...
Yes it did. Same reaction to both coins. And I got the 1802 one from a dealership in the city that's been in business for nearly 100 years. They...
In that case I'll take it to the coin-dealer in town and see what he says about it. He sold me the one on the right.
Yeah the magnet slid right off. Or vice-versa.
I have an RE magnet. It didn't stick, and it rang like silver.
Do you think it's a fake then?
Bought this at the flea-market today from a local coin dealer... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The coin on the left, in case you're confused. I've...
For 4/6 a pot, it had better!! :o
Nothing that immediately springs to mind. Some sort of international sporting-event perhaps?
The few samples of Indian silver I've purchased, which were from the days of the Raj, were stamped S.S. for sterling silver. A few are just...
The red star suggests communism so I reckon it's probably Chinese.
Thanks! Fixing it up was a lot of fun :)
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