Any tips for spotting silver vs silver plate without markings?

[mugsisme]

Sorry for the yellow pictures. 3 bangles were silver, the rest not. When I scratched them, they rubbed gold color. 2 are stamped 925 and the eagle. The taxco three don't say silver, but I think that's supposed to look like the eagle. Mean while, I have no idea what to do with these.

 

[diggummup]

Made to deceive marks. A vintage Taxco (or Mexican) eagle mark will always be a full bodied eagle, never just a head. Anything made after 1979 requires a registry mark (ie- TR-32).

 

[mugsisme]

Thanks Digg. Now to figure out what to do with them. Just toss them?

 

[2Minnesota]

You could put them in a junk box, sell when you have 9-10lbs of "junk"?

 

[EccentricInTexas]

Some silverware will be marked "COIN" this means it was made from 90% silver and often was from melted down coins.

 

[diggummup]

Thanks Digg. Now to figure out what to do with them. Just toss them?

No sense throwing them out. Just sell with a run of the mill costume lot or junk drawer lot..