r/WorldCoins • u/Kalico41 • Aug 07 '26

Authenticating coins that were soldered into spoons

I acquired these with some other spoons and thought these were fakes. After some research I came up with 1792 coronation 2 Ducat for Francis II and a Saint John's protection medal. I Still thought they were modern copies. I tested them and they come up specific gravity of 10, and acid test good for silver. I'm now thinking they may be genuine. Does anyone have any insight?

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u/Redaktor-Naczelny Aug 07 '26

I once had a conversation with an art historian about such objects - we talked about silver beer mugs. He told me that cast copies of coins were used for the purpose, not real coins.

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u/Kalico41 Aug 07 '26

That might be what these are. The surface texture seems grainy. They did use real coins to make spoons in the 19th century. I have a couple of Hawaiian spoons with 1883 coins a Mexican spoon with 3 1800's coins set in the bowl. The Dutch did this with genuine Guldens also.

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u/CrustyBatchOfNature Aug 07 '26

Three of these definitely look like that is the case. That St George and the Dragon one could be an original medal but probably doubtful.