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<p>[QUOTE="2020lens, post: 2761468, member: 16675"]Hi,</p><p><br /></p><p>Another problem with this piece is that the information I received from the other web site states that this tooth pick holder should have been a nickel silver alloy that was silver plated in .925 silver. There are two problems with that;</p><p><br /></p><p>1. It acid tested to a 0.500 grade purity not .925.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. If you look at the two other photos supplied the bright surface shine looks like .925 silver plating and mine has a lot duller surface.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said originally, this item does not look as if it is silver plated! It would seem certainly not in .925 silver. ie. It is a solid silver piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>I read that when the Comstock load (silver) was discovered that it effected the supply and demand for silver and drove the price of silver down in the markets. As a result of this, silverware makers who up to then found it cheaper to use silver plating, but when the price of silver dropped and then became competitive with silver plating manufacturing, some companies switched back to making their items out of our silver because solid silver was more desirable to their customers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regards, 2020lens[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2020lens, post: 2761468, member: 16675"]Hi, Another problem with this piece is that the information I received from the other web site states that this tooth pick holder should have been a nickel silver alloy that was silver plated in .925 silver. There are two problems with that; 1. It acid tested to a 0.500 grade purity not .925. 2. If you look at the two other photos supplied the bright surface shine looks like .925 silver plating and mine has a lot duller surface. As I said originally, this item does not look as if it is silver plated! It would seem certainly not in .925 silver. ie. It is a solid silver piece. I read that when the Comstock load (silver) was discovered that it effected the supply and demand for silver and drove the price of silver down in the markets. As a result of this, silverware makers who up to then found it cheaper to use silver plating, but when the price of silver dropped and then became competitive with silver plating manufacturing, some companies switched back to making their items out of our silver because solid silver was more desirable to their customers. Regards, 2020lens[/QUOTE]
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