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wev
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iconnumber posted 02-10-2001 11:32 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for wev     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The spoon shown here was recently offer on ebay (it did not sell). The description given was, to its credit, cautionary. What do you think? It reminds me of the children's game what's wrong with this picture?


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Brent

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iconnumber posted 02-15-2001 03:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Brent     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Two things strike me about this immediately. One, the shape of the bowl is just wrong. I have never seen a piece of coin silver with a bowl of this shape. Most coffin-end spoons have a narrower, egg-shaped bowl.

Secondly, the close up of the mark makes the piece look like a casting. There is no crispness to the mark at all, and the handle itself looks rather thick and blobby. Authentic coffin-ends are usually rather thin, with crisp edges.

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Paul Lemieux

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iconnumber posted 02-22-2001 01:06 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Paul Lemieux     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It does look cast--but if it isn't, perhaps the mark comes from what's described in this older post:

Counterfeit diestamps -- Does each one come with a blank spoon?

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vathek

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iconnumber posted 03-14-2001 02:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for vathek     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Actually I think it's just too darned ugly to be real

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Scott Martin
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iconnumber posted 03-14-2001 03:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott Martin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Paul,
Good catch! biggrin
I knew that mark looked familar.

Here are the counterfeit diestamps from the other post entitled Counterfeit diestamps -- Does each one come with a blank spoon?

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