Hoard of 90% Silver Treasures from Istanbul

[UnderMiner]

Stopped by my local dump today to do some scrounging. Found a nice pile of silver-plated knickknacks and mixed in with them I found these 4 really nice 90% silver treasures.

The cups with the birds on the handles are wine tasting cups and the little octagonal cup and saucer are a tea set. They are all marked "900 Sener" which according to my research means they are 90% silver and were made by the Åžener Silver company in Istanbul Turkey. Combined the little hoard weighs 232 grams of 90% silver. First treasure of 2016!

The little hoard:


Some of the hallmarks:

 

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[bill from lachine]

UnderMiner,

Pretty good haul for your efforts....that's about $75.00 just as scrap should be able to get a bit more selling to collectors.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[qaela4]

Sweet stuff. Nice job saving them from the trash.

 

[Doc Arey]

Man what people throw away!

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on pulling silver. They are no longer in fashion, I have seen plenty going cheap at yard sales over the years.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice saves. The tea cups are cool.

 

[Mifarmer]

Nice find!

 

[releventchair]

Alright!
Great score and congrats.
They are all great but them wine tasting cups are something else.

 

[kingskid1611]

Never ceases to amaze me what you find laying around abandoned. Great save, Congrats!

 

[pepperj]

UnderMiner,

Pretty good haul for your efforts....that's about $75.00 just as scrap should be able to get a bit more selling to collectors.

Regards + HH
Bill

There's $125 in scrap value based on what a refiner would pay a walk in for silver today. Congrats on the latest winnings, the bird and pattern + being silver there would be a big upside in the market place.

 

[Aquila]

very cool. i saved 5 silver spoons from trash recently

 

[basque-man]

Now those are some nice saves!!!!

 

[richardson]

Man, those are beautiful! Congrats

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Great recoveries there UnderMiner,those little cups are awesome. Congrats.
ZDD

 

[goldbmine]

Very cool!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Wow, nice saves. It's amazing to see what people throw away.