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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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how much silver is in a Chinese silver ingot? is it pure silver just unpolished or whats the deal with it? Thanks again in advance
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Pillar Of The Community
Turkey
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Tough question. I had a quick search over google and no tsatement of a constant amount of silver for an ingot.
As far as I know, "ingot" is a very general word for a mass of metal, just casted to handle easier.
Some pages mention that Chinese silver ingots vary between 1.2 to 60 onces.
I hope we have a member with more info on Chinese stuff.
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Moderator
 Australia
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Chinese ingots, known as "sycee", were the primary means for storing and transporting wealth in pre-Westernised China. They were usually cast in divisions and multiples of the tael, the "chinese ounce", about 37 grams. The 1 tael ingots are most common. They are usually "boat-shaped" due to being rocked back and forth in the mold while cooling. As I understand it, the silver fineness would have been non-standard, as sycee were not official government issues; rather, they were cast by private merchants. As most would have likely been made by melting down foreign silver dollars [:0], the fineness would be that of the source coins. I can't post a picture because I don't have one, largely because of my "if it doesn't fit in a 2x2 I don't really want it" policy.  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
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Sap, thanks for answering Bryan1315's question. Yet again, I learn somthing interesting and new every day here! Mike  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
14454 Posts |
here is one. so maybe 90% silver at best? The reason for me asking was because I was just browsing ebay and noticed everyother silver round/bar/chain/boatanchor what ever was selling for alot more then these 1900 grams ingotsmwhich was about 100 bucks. Another part of the question is 100 bucks for a 1900 gram ingot a good price? or should people just stay away from them at all cost Image:  041729.jpg39.31 KB Edited by Bryan1315
03/09/2006 06:47 am
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT THING!!!!
Wowo!!!!!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I know thats Y all the interest on my part
lol
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Pillar Of The Community
Turkey
1205 Posts |
1900 grams make 61,3 ounces roughly.
silver is 9,86 USD per ounce so 1900 grams of silver makes 604 USD if it were pure silver.
even if it has 90% silver content it would make 543 USD.
that's the theory, if you buy it at 100 USD, you need to have somewhere/someone to sell it:)
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Moderator
Australia
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Be careful buying this sort of stuff on ebay! I don't know about US ebay, but at one stage on ebay Australia we were being flooded with a whole bunch of cheap knock-off "ingots" from China... they were modern copies, and made of pewter, of course... If you're buying from a reputable dealer who knows his/her stuff, it should be OK. 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
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thank you for the heads up on that
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Moderator
Australia
16826 Posts |
This one is better looking than most, but check the feedback - a few too many "not antique" and "looks authentic" positives. Yellow alert! Shields up, captain!
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
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1079 Posts |
quote:
I can't post a picture because I don't have one, largely because of my "if it doesn't fit in a 2x2 I don't really want it" policy.
Thats funny outside a very few NCLT's I have the same policy. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Bryan, I hope you are not looking for an example just because it seems cheap and might be worth as an investment. The reality is, if it is indeed a genuine syree, it is indeed worth a fair bit, but the real issue is, to find a genuine syree out of the flooded counterfeit market is *INDEED* a challenge, or rather, let's say you can't, unless you are willing to pay top dollars to determine it's authenticity.
Because syrees were so crudely made, any people who knew the know-how of how to make similar ones could pass them off easily as a genuine one. In fact, experts do make terrible mistakes and there has been plenty of such cases.
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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