Gold & Silver Forum (http://goldismoney.info/forums/index.php)
- Gold - Silver - Coins - Numismatics (http://goldismoney.info/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=51)
- - Buying Chinese "silver boat" ingot (http://goldismoney.info/forums/showthread.php?t=40987)

Silgo | 06-26-2006 01:57 PM
Buying Chinese "silver boat" ingot I'm in China. I have a potentially interesting deal in my hands. 25 US bucks (smells tuna) for one of those nice Chinese silver ingot (Qing dynasty and a bit worned, but I find it nice nonetheless). Size: my little finger's lenght ;) Ok... so anyone knows how to evaluate the value of one of those boat-shaped Chinese ingots? It'd be nice if I could evaluate if it's a fake to start with! :albertein

fasTTcar | 06-26-2006 02:02 PM
Re: Buying Chinese "silver boat" ingot The vast majority of them are lead, some with silver plating. Stay away, even if you get a real 90% silver piece, it will be hard to sell because of all the fakes.

Silgo | 06-26-2006 02:07 PM
Re: Buying Chinese "silver boat" ingot Fasttcar, you sure got your nick from somewhere. Thanks, it's a solved case. It might be a fake from the Qing dynasty, because it really seems worned by time and not artificially (scratches with sides not all as used up, etc.). Thx.

TomD | 06-26-2006 03:26 PM
Re: Buying Chinese "silver boat" ingot Tap it with something like a spoon and see if it rings. In China, sight unseen, 9 times out of 10 fake. But if it pleases you and you don't intend to sell it, by all means buy.

telco_syd | 06-27-2006 07:07 AM
Re: Buying Chinese "silver boat" ingot come on silgo, you cant be serious. just wait till you get back home. then you can buy it on ebay for 99c with $24 shipping. hopefully that should make it a bit easier to decide :)

Big_Rob | 06-27-2006 10:17 AM
Re: Buying Chinese "silver boat" ingot I wouldnt touch it with a ten foot pole.

Silgo | 06-27-2006 02:01 PM
Re: Buying Chinese "silver boat" ingot hehe Fine, I will bring a 20 foot long spoon to test and be sure to not get contaminated. I wont buy but it's still worth checking :P

runcible | 06-27-2006 02:43 PM
Re: Buying Chinese "silver boat" ingot Almost certainly a fake, along with the damn Chinese counterfeit coins, bullion rounds (including pandas), and almost everything else.

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:16 PM. |

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright = None use it and Link to GIM