Early Southern Coin Silver and 1837 London Sterling

[JimDon]

I headed back to thrift store where I got the Sterling stuffing spoon on Tuesday and they had a few more pieces. The first was a scalloped bowl spoon from Clark &Co of Augusta Ga. it probably dated to the 1820s. Note the Hallmark and to the left of the small C which designates “Coin”.
I then spied these two engraved repouse spoons with gilt bowls. Very unusual large 1837 London Sterling hallmarks. I am on a roll that I don’t want to end.

 

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[randazzo1]

Woweeee!!! Awesome finds!

 

[HistoryTeacher]

Good eye! Thanks for posting with the info. The first silver I ever picked up from a T/S was a coin silver spoon, it got me curious and hooked on silver. I didn't know that they could just be marked with a "C." Something else to look out for.

 

[GibH]

Note the Hallmark and to the left of the small C which designates “Coin”.

Damn good eye. I wouldn't have caught the "c", I would have thought it was a ding.

 

[captain flintlock]

Wow! You are on a roll!! Great southern piece of coin silver and English silver. Someone is donating some great stuff in your area.

 

[tamrock]

I'd keep checking that store. Could be someone's collection of silver is sifting through there. One time in one of my local places a bunch of old military helmets started showing up and every other day more were added, until they were all gone. I only bought one as it looked like a early WWI German helmet, but it turned out to be a WWII Irish helmet. Then one day a bunch of alloy 80% French mostly stuffing spoons showed up and I bought them all for way below spot. I think at times someone passes on and their relatives take their treasured collections and just donate them to a TS only to be discovered by a treasure hunter who cases the TS'rs.

 

[ARC]

Jim... what was price ?

Are you finding these in with the "silverware" / "cooking" item areas or ?

 

[Rookster]

Excellent finds.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Sweet finds!

 

[JimDon]

Jim... what was price ?

Are you finding these in with the "silverware" / "cooking" item areas or ?

$1.99 for the coin silver and $2.99 for the pair of English spoons

 

[JimDon]

Jim... what was price ?

Are you finding these in with the "silverware" / "cooking" item areas or ?

In the silver plate area.

 

[Beachkid23]

Jim has a nice little store there. He gave us the address and I went today with my family. Bought 4 pairs of Christian Dior clip earrings, a brooch and a pair of 14k earrings. He didn’t leave me any sterling though!

This store, they said everyone is volunteers. And all the money goes to help the kids in the city I believe. Its rare you hear of that.

 

[JimDon]

Jim has a nice little store there. He gave us the address and I went today with my family. Bought 4 pairs of Christian Dior clip earrings, a brooch and a pair of 14k earrings. He didn’t leave me any sterling though!

This store, they said everyone is volunteers. And all the money goes to help the kids in the city I believe. Its rare you hear of that.

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Hate I wasn’t there to meet up with you!

 

[A2coins]

great catch