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<p>[QUOTE="StevenHarden, post: 8172793, member: 67639"]A big thank you to everyone and all of the replies/information you have provided so far. While some items may not seem to go along with other items shown above, I wanted to include an image with all the items that came from this part of the collection for clarity on any potential links between items.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It appears that the posts/pins in photo #9 fit into the finger-like items in photo #8. I am not sure of the purpose of the finger-like items.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This lot was purchased from an individual in Indiana about 4 months ago. His father had passed away about a year prior to that and he was settling the estate. His father was born in 1932 and spent his career as a partner of a machine shop near Indianapolis, Indiana. Along with this lot were several other items you would typically find in a coin collection. The son had some hand-written notes that said the larger strips were "coin silver", but did not provide any further details.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the past when we buy unidentifiable silver items like this, we typically send them in to be melted/assayed. The main reason I posted these items was because of the similarity to webbing strips/etc. that I have seen posted before. Along with the fact that these test as 90% silver, I wanted to see if there is any numismatic value to these prior to just melting them down as junk.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, the dime-sized strip and the smaller trimmed pieces test as .999 silver. The four large strips all test as 90% silver. I don't believe the finger-like items and the posts/pins are silver at all - They do not register when testing for .999 or .900 silver. The small circular-items in photo #10 test as 90% silver.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The idea that this could be from a private/world mint is an interesting thought. I am trying not to make too many assumptions and travel too far down the rabbit hole on this. I have considered the idea these items might have been from someone trying to replicate the minting process, or maybe just someone creating their own items privately. I cannot readily find any literature about the exact minting processes at the U.S. mint and specifications on silver planchet strips/etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>I photographed the edges of the four larger strips. From the original Photo #1, I will label the four larger strips from left to right as A, B, C, D.</p><p>Strip A, Front End</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427914[/ATTACH] </p><p>Strip A, Front End Corner</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427915[/ATTACH] </p><p>Strip A, Back End</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427916[/ATTACH] </p><p>Strip A, Back End Corner</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427917[/ATTACH] </p><p>Strip B, Front End</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427919[/ATTACH] </p><p>Strip B, Back End</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427920[/ATTACH] </p><p>Strip B, Back End with Top Side View</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427921[/ATTACH] </p><p>Strip C, Front End</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427923[/ATTACH] </p><p>Strip C, Back End</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427924[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank You.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="StevenHarden, post: 8172793, member: 67639"]A big thank you to everyone and all of the replies/information you have provided so far. While some items may not seem to go along with other items shown above, I wanted to include an image with all the items that came from this part of the collection for clarity on any potential links between items. It appears that the posts/pins in photo #9 fit into the finger-like items in photo #8. I am not sure of the purpose of the finger-like items. This lot was purchased from an individual in Indiana about 4 months ago. His father had passed away about a year prior to that and he was settling the estate. His father was born in 1932 and spent his career as a partner of a machine shop near Indianapolis, Indiana. Along with this lot were several other items you would typically find in a coin collection. The son had some hand-written notes that said the larger strips were "coin silver", but did not provide any further details. In the past when we buy unidentifiable silver items like this, we typically send them in to be melted/assayed. The main reason I posted these items was because of the similarity to webbing strips/etc. that I have seen posted before. Along with the fact that these test as 90% silver, I wanted to see if there is any numismatic value to these prior to just melting them down as junk. Interestingly, the dime-sized strip and the smaller trimmed pieces test as .999 silver. The four large strips all test as 90% silver. I don't believe the finger-like items and the posts/pins are silver at all - They do not register when testing for .999 or .900 silver. The small circular-items in photo #10 test as 90% silver. The idea that this could be from a private/world mint is an interesting thought. I am trying not to make too many assumptions and travel too far down the rabbit hole on this. I have considered the idea these items might have been from someone trying to replicate the minting process, or maybe just someone creating their own items privately. I cannot readily find any literature about the exact minting processes at the U.S. mint and specifications on silver planchet strips/etc. I photographed the edges of the four larger strips. From the original Photo #1, I will label the four larger strips from left to right as A, B, C, D. Strip A, Front End [ATTACH=full]1427914[/ATTACH] Strip A, Front End Corner [ATTACH=full]1427915[/ATTACH] Strip A, Back End [ATTACH=full]1427916[/ATTACH] Strip A, Back End Corner [ATTACH=full]1427917[/ATTACH] Strip B, Front End [ATTACH=full]1427919[/ATTACH] Strip B, Back End [ATTACH=full]1427920[/ATTACH] Strip B, Back End with Top Side View [ATTACH=full]1427921[/ATTACH] Strip C, Front End [ATTACH=full]1427923[/ATTACH] Strip C, Back End [ATTACH=full]1427924[/ATTACH] Thank You.[/QUOTE]
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