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Price now £190 plus post 🌞

Hello TSF 🌞 As pictured, a 1907 gold bullion Edward VII half sovereign. £190 plus post. Works out at ~6.8% premium at current spot price. *Original magnified photos looked very washed out so added photos that better represent what the coin really looks like 🌞

Well done bully, @HerefordBullyun for the win 🌞

Hello TSF 🌞 As pictured, a 1908 Edward VII gold bullion half sovereign. £190 plus post. Works out at ~6.8% premium at current spot price. *Original magnified photos looked very washed out so added photos that better represent what the coin really looks like 🌞

£80

Thank you to all who posted and put the effort in to look for answers. It'll make me look more carefully at what's in front of me going forward that's for sure. So far not found a good answer as to why the assay office mark may be missing, I may pick up a book or two on the subject rather then keep poking around on internet search engines. I will never stop begging on TSF though! 😁

It's a tea spoon, 5 2/16" long Also, after reading the comments I have looked again and can't believe I missed that 'P' and 'W' in the faded hallmark...I'm getting lazy, I must use a loupe more and pay attention 🌞

Le spoon;

Thanks all, an education indeed. I'll post some pictures of the entire spoon when I get home 🌞

Same as the other marks, George III appeared on all the London hallmarks during his reign according to the silvermakersmarks website 🌞

Looks a good candidate, also potentially makes it even older. How cool is that, 234 years old 😁

That's the only set of marks on there, 'Unknown', 'Sterling Lion', 'Date O' and (what I presume is) 'Mark of George III'. I suppose the worn mark could be the maker's mark, but I'd expect the assay office to be on there? Trawled through the silvermark website a fair while, but may have missed/misunderstood something 😁 I surmised the location by the appearance of the other marks, I can't make out that first one 🤔

Hello all, I picked up a Sterling silver spoon the other day, most of the hallmark is intact apart from the assay office mark. What's left is an odd shape and butts up against the Sterling mark in an odd way but it could just be the way it's worn over time. I'm thinking London 1809; https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Dates/London/Date Letters O.html Thoughts?

Lots of Simga users on here, hopefully they will offer their experiences. As far as I understand it XRF scanners are a more 'thorough' test of composition, giving you the percentage amounts of each element contained in an item within a range of accuracy. If a patient XRF operator (there is a minimum time required for an accurate scan I believe) has analysed your items and recorded high purity silver it does infer that the Sigma operators made mistakes or used out of calibration machines. The acid test performed should have been more accurate than the ~7% margin of error also. How thick are your poured bars?

https://www.chards.co.uk/2011-1kg-kookaburra-silver-coin-secondary-market/2449?utm_source=stock-alert-email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=stock_alert Price isn't listed (callback request only) but when these are in stock at Chards the price is often competitive.

Ask to take some photos OP so you can ruminate on the purchase. Post them here and there will be members versed in this era of coinage willing to offer their thoughts I'll bet.

Is the ~10% over spot for pre 1920 .925 for worn flats/'just about readable' dates or is there shop I should be going to 🤔

Thanks for the replies folks! Interestingly Tesco had a small bottle of Goddard's silver polish for a few quid so as I was there shopping anyway and I'm a tightwad I got that. It removed the tarnish from a few items and shined them up lovely. I will take the advice and not do this very often and when I start amassing a pile of daily silver that may need upkeep/restoration I will splash out on the more well regarded products mentioned here. I'm liking this silver that's useful but still intrinsically valuable lark, more fun than a pile of coins locked up in a death star 🌞

Rotary tool (Dremel being the brand everyone knows) with a cutting disc attachment. Cut in straight lines as close as you are comfortable to the coin. Once you've cut the crusts off so to speak prise the plastic apart. You could do this with a regular sized grinder but it could go awry. Obviously securing the slab in a vice/clamp will make this easier, a must if using a full size grinder, but with a small rotary tool a gloved hand is enough. If you don't have a rotary tool they are a useful thing to have around, find an excuse to buy one 🤣 Honestly though if you're selling them I'd leave them alone but price them as you would an unslabbed coin 🌞

Having recently discovered an enjoyment of pewter and subsequently silver drinking vessels, flatware etc I have found the desire to give the odd item a bit of a shine up. Any recommendations for methods/products for this? The bicarb, foil and hot water method is useful for getting tarnish off, but I've been looking at polishes to bring the best out of some pieces. Goddard's polish and cloth is the usual hit when searching, but I've read on some sites this can be a bit abrasive? The pieces I'm using are not super high value and are in daily use so I don't have to be too precious but I would like them to last 🌞 I've used the forum search function to seek out older posts but I don't seem to have much luck with it, I tend to get a big list of results that only have a tenuous connection to what I've asked for...is it me maybe 🤔

If you're only expecting a low return as stated I think Steve's suggestion is a good one; sell it to an established individual or group that makes silver products. They may want to analyse before paying out but it would be a safe play if you used one of the well known members on TSF. Stick a sales post up with pictures of what you have and set a price? 🌞

Awesome. If you really want it hallmarked send it back in for another assay and engraving! Puts a cost against the value of it for you but I imagine it's a keeper for you anyway? A hallmark on such an ungainly thing (and I mean that positively) would be cool.

Knew nothing of this, thank you for the post as it's piqued my interest 🌞

It's the huge strips of tape that add that wonderful touch, I imagine removing the 'bra' will be quite the event 😳

Mox wins TSF, and the internet. I need a lie down.