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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 366747, member: 360"]Melting down or reusing silver or gold coins to make other things was very common in those days. I've seen bracelets, cufflinks, belt-buckles, belts, watch-fobs...the list goes on, and on, and on, and on...</p><p><br /></p><p>So if the case is testing as silver, but has no official markings, then yes, I'd say old silver coins were melted down to provide the metal. Stuff like that definitely happened in those days and is the most likely explanation! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 366747, member: 360"]Melting down or reusing silver or gold coins to make other things was very common in those days. I've seen bracelets, cufflinks, belt-buckles, belts, watch-fobs...the list goes on, and on, and on, and on... So if the case is testing as silver, but has no official markings, then yes, I'd say old silver coins were melted down to provide the metal. Stuff like that definitely happened in those days and is the most likely explanation! :)[/QUOTE]
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