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    RedneckHBRedneckHB Posts: 20,158 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ZenithBullionPA said:

    @RedneckHB said:
    Estate sale find today..near the end of a 2 day sale.

    36 spoons. 11.4 ozt. $37.

    $37 total for 11.4 ozt???

    Yup. Buck a spoon. All marked sterling, except one. I took a chance on it because it was stamped "Italy" and tarnished. It didnt test as silver.

    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

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    RedneckHBRedneckHB Posts: 20,158 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @rte592 said:

    @RedneckHB said:
    Estate sale find today..near the end of a 2 day sale.

    36 spoons. 11.4 ozt. $37.

    Sterling silver?
    When I see Souvenir spoons they are usually non silver.

    Yup..usually just plated, if that. There were probably 100 in the lot, so I guess everyone else just assumed the same.

    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

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    RedneckHBRedneckHB Posts: 20,158 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @dcarr said:

    @RedneckHB said:
    Estate sale find today..near the end of a 2 day sale.

    36 spoons. 11.4 ozt. $37.

    .

    Estes Park is near here. We go there often. That spoon would probably sell for a premium at one of the souvenir shops in the town.

    Mexican silver is often 800 fine, not 925. The Cape Hatteras spoon might not be silver (based on the color of it as it appears in the photo).

    Still, quite a bargain for the lot.

    .

    The Mexican silver is marked 925. I acid tested all spoons. There is one spoon from Holland that tests as silver, but is probably .800.

    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

    Knowledge is the enemy of fear

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    dcarrdcarr Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RedneckHB said:

    @dcarr said:

    @RedneckHB said:
    Estate sale find today..near the end of a 2 day sale.

    36 spoons. 11.4 ozt. $37.

    .

    Estes Park is near here. We go there often. That spoon would probably sell for a premium at one of the souvenir shops in the town.

    Mexican silver is often 800 fine, not 925. The Cape Hatteras spoon might not be silver (based on the color of it as it appears in the photo).

    Still, quite a bargain for the lot.

    .

    The Mexican silver is marked 925. I acid tested all spoons. There is one spoon from Holland that tests as silver, but is probably .800.

    .

    Some Mexican silver is actually 800 fine, even when marked "925" and/or "STERLING".

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    RedneckHBRedneckHB Posts: 20,158 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @dcarr said:

    @RedneckHB said:

    @dcarr said:

    @RedneckHB said:
    Estate sale find today..near the end of a 2 day sale.

    36 spoons. 11.4 ozt. $37.

    .

    Estes Park is near here. We go there often. That spoon would probably sell for a premium at one of the souvenir shops in the town.

    Mexican silver is often 800 fine, not 925. The Cape Hatteras spoon might not be silver (based on the color of it as it appears in the photo).

    Still, quite a bargain for the lot.

    .

    The Mexican silver is marked 925. I acid tested all spoons. There is one spoon from Holland that tests as silver, but is probably .800.

    .

    Some Mexican silver is actually 800 fine, even when marked "925" and/or "STERLING".

    .

    And an acid test can help determine that. Most Mexican silver I've encountered is 900+.

    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

    Knowledge is the enemy of fear

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,426 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Goldminers said:
    I felt it was time to get one of these 999.9. Included matching SN certificate from the Englehard assayer.

    Superb!

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,426 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @taxmad said:
    First one of these I have seen - so I bought it….


    That is VERY cool!

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    rte592rte592 Posts: 2,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I happen by the coin shop this afternoon and there was another B.R. MacKay & Sons Inc silver bar.
    This is the last one that a lady had to sell, so I negotiated a trade for 12 Norfed dollars.


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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,426 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @rte592 said:
    I happen by the coin shop this afternoon and there was another B.R. MacKay & Sons Inc silver bar.
    This is the last one that a lady had to sell, so I negotiated a trade for 12 Norfed dollars.


    That’s really cool!

    My YouTube Channel

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