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<p>[QUOTE="Ian, post: 150671, member: 283"]I strongly suspect that your item has no significant value in either historic or monetary terms. However, your best bet is to take it to a jeweller and ask them to tell you what metal it is made from. It doesn't look to me to be silver, but in the absence of a better set of images I would not like to say for definite. Let us know how you get on with that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also get a measure across the diameter (in mm's) and a weight (in grams). If you can get better images, then so much the better. Maybe you have a friend with a scanner who can take scans and post them on your web page? We need higher definition `in focus' images to help determine if the item is as old as it claims.... or was made a few years ago. To me, the odds are well stacked against it being from 1648 but better images would enable more certainty one way or the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>Out of interest can you remember how / where you came across it? </p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ian, post: 150671, member: 283"]I strongly suspect that your item has no significant value in either historic or monetary terms. However, your best bet is to take it to a jeweller and ask them to tell you what metal it is made from. It doesn't look to me to be silver, but in the absence of a better set of images I would not like to say for definite. Let us know how you get on with that. Also get a measure across the diameter (in mm's) and a weight (in grams). If you can get better images, then so much the better. Maybe you have a friend with a scanner who can take scans and post them on your web page? We need higher definition `in focus' images to help determine if the item is as old as it claims.... or was made a few years ago. To me, the odds are well stacked against it being from 1648 but better images would enable more certainty one way or the other. Out of interest can you remember how / where you came across it? Ian[/QUOTE]
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