Old silver ring

[bamaart]

Found today at 1700's house, inside stamp says "coin", Any idea of age ? Mangoave told me that after 1868 they started stamping the numbers in them.

 

[Digger_O'Dell]

Very cool find! In the early days they often used silver coins for the silver to make items out of as the coins were the most readily available silver. That would make this 90% silver instead of 92.5% sterling grade.

 

[Ill Digger]

That's cool! I've never found a coin silver item. Just 925/ sterling. I did find a vintage German pendant stamped 830.
Sweet hunk of silver there!
Congrats!

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[Digger_O'Dell]

Scandinavian or German silver would be .830, and sometimes German silver is .800. The odd thing are the items stamped "German Silver" actually have no silver at all. (Wikipedia)

 

[BTV Digger]

Nice nab on the old bling! Only found one "coin" silver item ever, and it was a spoon, not a ring! Congrats.

John

 

[Hiluxyota]

That's a nice hunk of silver ...

 

[Digger Don]

Great recovery. Very cool.

 

[Noah]

"Coin" grade only means something BEFORE the politicians start suckling out the life blood of the peasants working the fields! All nations on the downward decline do this. ANYHOOT, NICE silver you got there! irate:

 

[aloldstuff]

To have it marked "coin" makes it a nice early ring....:thumbsup02:

 

[del]

very odd that it would have "coin" stamped into the band but not a maker's stamp ! I would agree its a pretty old ring though Kevin and finding any silver at a cellar site is a rarity!:notworthy:

 

[PL8MAN]

Sweet chunk of silver!

 

[wisconsin digger]

Great find that ring is a beauty. WD