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<p>[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 487348, member: 5515"]That explains a lot, when I was looking up Onnik+silver I would see a few links for silver but many more links with the first name Onnik. It’s my favorite piece of the bunch, because it was the hardest to spot. When I saw it in the store, it had packing tape wrapped around it to keep the lid on. So essentially nothing on the outside to prove it was silver. But my method of touch helps here. When I gently bend or squeeze items I can spot plated copper and brass super easy because of the flexibility of the metal and greater weight of the items. But when I squeezed the edges of this one, I felt a clear flexibility in the metal that only typically exists with real silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>So that led me to take off the tape and find one of those sneaky inside marks which it had. </p><p><br /></p><p>It’s in great condition overall which makes it harder I think to pin down a date. Whether it’s 5 years old or 50 years old, this sat up out of reach as a keepsake for someone, or a very careful first owner.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 487348, member: 5515"]That explains a lot, when I was looking up Onnik+silver I would see a few links for silver but many more links with the first name Onnik. It’s my favorite piece of the bunch, because it was the hardest to spot. When I saw it in the store, it had packing tape wrapped around it to keep the lid on. So essentially nothing on the outside to prove it was silver. But my method of touch helps here. When I gently bend or squeeze items I can spot plated copper and brass super easy because of the flexibility of the metal and greater weight of the items. But when I squeezed the edges of this one, I felt a clear flexibility in the metal that only typically exists with real silver. So that led me to take off the tape and find one of those sneaky inside marks which it had. It’s in great condition overall which makes it harder I think to pin down a date. Whether it’s 5 years old or 50 years old, this sat up out of reach as a keepsake for someone, or a very careful first owner.[/QUOTE]
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