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rte attached a file to the thread Acid testing silver Question, how do you test your silver?.

18k acid right on the piece results in a blue/green? Dark spot after cleaning off the acid, look like some copper showing up at the...

rte attached a file to the thread Acid testing silver Question, how do you test your silver?.

Scratch test with 18k gold acid makes the silver dissolve. [ATTACH] The silver acid on the dot didn't look like it etched the piece at...

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Acid testing silver Question, how do you test your silver?

I picked up a silver looking handmade heart shaped box today. The weight is right, slight magnetic. Silver acid is brown, might have old...

Forum: Bullion Investing

rte liked dwhiz's post in the thread (3) Counterstamped 19th Century United States Coins.

I won these yesterday on the Stacks Bowers auction. I only bid on the lot because the 1876 Quarter has my grand daughters initials on...

rte liked giorgio11's post in the thread A couple of really bad not-PCGS gold $2.5 Indians!.

Notice that even the font (lettering and numbers style) is wrong on the fakes. I have a long background in editing, proofreading, and...

rte liked -jeffB's post in the thread A couple of really bad not-PCGS gold $2.5 Indians!.

I thought that at first, too, but I think it's just the direction of the light. Turn your screen upside down, and watch @johnmilton's...