Mr. Silver Stash
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- Mar 3, 2012
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Hi folks
I have been trying to get some information on these same marks.
I recently acquired quite a pile of Chinese 'fung shui' ornaments as these examples
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They vary in size somewhat but most weigh around 135 gms. They test as good silver using acid although one had a low specific gravity when a coin dealer tested it last week. I drilled into another and the shavings and hole all tested as silver using acid.
The two character mark translates as 'fine silver'. Not sure about the other three character mark.
Anyone have any further insights?
This was part of a fairly large haul which included quite a few counterfeit (but silver) coins as well as a lot of very high production value bound coin sets with mint certificates. These are probably 40 year old souvenir replica sets.
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Any help greatly appreciated.