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Valued Member
United States
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First of all. I apologize if the German symbol on the bars offends anyone. That is not my intent. I just need your help to determine if these bars are real or fake. I made a trade for these bars about a year ago from another fellow silver bar collector. He insisted these bars were real. I believe he said he owned these bars for about 5 years. He said he purchased them off another collector who bought them from a WWII Vet. The Vet picked them off a German soldier during the war. In my opinion this sounds like just a good story. I know these bars can be made to look real. However they look completely different from any other faked german silver bars I've seen on ebay. I have been a silver collector for several years now and I believe these bars are made from real silver. I really don't want to do an acid test on them. The bar on the left weighs 46.3 grams and the bar on the right weighs 50.6 grams. They are indeed odd weights. I added a Prospectors Gold and Gems 1oz bar in the last two photos for size comparison and to show that newer poured bars can be made to look old. PG&G is in no way affiliated with these German bars. Let me know what you guys think. Has anyone seen something like this before? Real or Fake?       |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think that 999 fine is more of a modern notation.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It wouldn't hurt at all to do an acid test.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It seems to me I've seen that Nazi Eagle posted on some items on this forum before. I search for them and see if I can find them. Edit: Ah yes, I remember the thread now: https://goccf.com/t/57504Edited by allranger
08/24/2014 11:13 am
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Valued Member
 United States
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allranger, thanks for the info! From the articles listed on that forum these are indeed fake.
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Valued Member
United States
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About 1 month ago there were some of these on ebay, the seller stated they were modern but were made from .999 Silver |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Ok, so they're fakes -- so now the acid test?
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Valued Member
United States
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Yes I will have to try an acid test. I will keep you guys updated.
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Pillar of the Community
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Austria
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of course they are fake bars. the counterstam of eagle and swastika has been used by the WA.A (the former german "WAffenAmt". In later years they have been used to counterfeit silverbars.originally, the have been used by the "Waffenwerke Brünn" or Česká zbrojovka.
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Posted 08/24/2014 11:00 am
