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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 413753, member: 36"]I've been known to call these "sterling tin foil", i.e. a thin layer of silver over a core of steel and plaster or wax. Some have more silver than others, but I always have to laugh when I see some at an estate sale with a sky high price. I always know the family or dealer (generally not the dealer) had a thumb on the scale when the're priced at five or six times metal weight if not more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 413753, member: 36"]I've been known to call these "sterling tin foil", i.e. a thin layer of silver over a core of steel and plaster or wax. Some have more silver than others, but I always have to laugh when I see some at an estate sale with a sky high price. I always know the family or dealer (generally not the dealer) had a thumb on the scale when the're priced at five or six times metal weight if not more.[/QUOTE]
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