Posted 1 year ago
Christo
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This interesting piece is 4 7/8" wide and 5/16" thick.It weighs about a pound.I've had it for 40 yrs.Any ideas?
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Scott
Have you tried a magnet, ring test? Drag it across a piece of paper on it's rim, does it leave a mark? Looks like it could be pewter or plated bronze, possibly plated with nickel. Any edge markings or a seam?
It is made out of nickel,I believe.It's non magnetic,leaves no mark on paper and has no seam. Christo
It is a hard material.Christo
Nickel if close to pure would be magnetic. The brown discoloration on the buffalo's hind quarter makes me think it is thinly plated bronze.
Having an exact weight would help identify the material, if it was aluminium & going by those measurements it would weigh .57 lbs, plating in another metal wouldn't add much weight. Brass apx. 1.75 lb, zinc apx. 1.4 lbs
Plated pewter?
pewter 1.57 lbs, nickel 1.88 lbs assuming the measurements are correct.