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hera-131 New Member Belgium 5 Posts	Posted 10/18/2014 10:40 am Can someone give me some more information about this Silver item: Chinese ?, Sycee?, ... Many thanks, Hera Report this Post to the Staff

0xDA71D Pillar of the Community United States 1215 Posts	Posted 10/24/2014 12:03 am Please test its density. This is to tell its authenticity. They are commonly counterfeited. Report this Post to the Staff
hera-131 New Member Belgium 5 Posts	Posted 10/24/2014 06:34 am Thanks already for your reply. I presume you mean the percentage of silver? Report this Post to the Staff
hera-131 New Member Belgium 5 Posts	Posted 11/09/2014 1:41 pm At last I have calculated an approximate density. Around 6.5 kg/dm3 (european measures). Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 11/09/2014 5:32 pm 6.5 is nowhere near the density of silver (you're wanting around 9.5 to 10.0). If your number is accurate, I'd assume you've got a zinc-brass replica. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
hera-131 New Member Belgium 5 Posts	Posted 11/10/2014 04:32 am Thanks. I've done 10 more tests now. Problem is I have no exact measuring tools (use medicine container with small scale to measure difference in waterheight for calculation of the volume). After my extra tests I come to the following result : 9.3 - 9.6 (19 gram - 2 ml (approximate). I think one of these days I better go to a jeweller so he can test this item is silver or not. Someone a better idea? Someone can tell me what this object was used for (supposed it is real silver?)? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 11/10/2014 07:50 am Quote: Someone can tell me what this object was used for (supposed it is real silver?)? In Imperial China, "coinage" in the form of cast "cash" coins, was only made out of copper/bronze. Gold and silver were traded as commodities, but were not produced in a standard government-issued monetary form as they were in the West. Instead, merchants produced their own ingots for use in trade. The stamps inside (and perhaps on the base) are marks of the merchant that made it. The "boat" shape came about because the mould in which it was cast was rocked back and forth as the molten silver cooled. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
hera-131 New Member Belgium 5 Posts	Posted 11/10/2014 08:26 am Thanks for your quick answer. :-) Report this Post to the Staff
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