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Old 12th December 2022, 11:30 PM   #24
Jim McDougall
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Originally Posted by Battara View Post
I've noticed that in order not to get into trouble, dealers and auction houses won't list "silver" or "gold" because they don't bother to test the material or have the testing kits. "German silver" and bronze when polished look like silver or gold, so they list the metal details ambiguously.
That is a very astute and well placed note. Those tend to make things complicated.
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