Key ring marked .950

[TrinityBigfoot]

I found this earlier today. It appears to be very sturdy and no apparent discoloration or tarnish. Above the .950 mark it shows what appears to be a z above a z and 36. Is this platinum?

 

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[2Minnesota]

950 could be sterling as well. Maybe that "z" is a 2, as in 2.36. There looks like a (.) after the z or 2. It could be a weight. Are there any other marks anywhere on the chain or ring part?

 

[TrinityBigfoot]

It weighs 19.2 grams.

 

[2Minnesota]

Hmmmm....acid test

 

[JimDon]

95% silver. Platinum would be marked PT 950.

 

[TrinityBigfoot]

I saw a few things online that said some platinum was marked 950 only. It said 950 was rare for silver. If it's silver it should be worth about 9.00.... Better then the $2.00 I paid.

 

[kali_is_my_copilot]

It's good to remember that platinum is much, much, much less common than silver of any kind is in this context. There are currently thousands of listings for 95% silver items on eBay, I've bought and sold several myself from known Mexican & European makers, and I've never found something marked 950 that wasn't silver. I just buy as silver if the price is right and any Pt I come across will be icing on the cake!

 

[ARC]

Could also be palladium

 

[Beachkid23]

What's on the front of it?

 

[TrinityBigfoot]

It's the same on front and back. The more I look at it the more I feel it's silver. I might buy a acid test kit in the future. I at least have something that is worth more then I paid.

 

[kali_is_my_copilot]

My local coin shop sells the individual bottles of testing acids for $2-3 each, if you can find someone who sells locally like that a bottle each of 14k & 18k strength acids should meet the majority of your needs. (IMO of course) the 10k acid is useless unless you have a weaker acid to compare it to, I've tested hundreds of items that held convincingly at 10k but weren't gold. The red solution (Schwerter's solution) that comes in those kits as silver testing acid is a pain to read because it's dark on a black stone and a strong positive is dark as well; 18k acid on silver reacts to a bright milky bluish color that's unmistakable. I'd say around 80% of the gold that I find is 14k so those two strengths (14 & 18) are what I use most often by far, and when in doubt I take it to my PMs guy for further investigation.