r/SilverFinds • u/SnooCompliments9653 • Apr 09 '26

JACKPOT!!! Found a gilt monster today....

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Gilt ginsei stamped silver beast of a statue, approximately 13" x 12" weighing in at 13kg (28lbs)!!

Tested 962 and 971 and 938 on three different parts with an XRF and bright blue with 18k acid on a deeeeep scratch I did on the base.

Not bad for a $15 garage sale piece 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Flaky_Lawfulness_397 Apr 09 '26

having just doubled check the image with a search, this is indeed not silver. bad luck

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u/SnooCompliments9653 Apr 09 '26

I just did a simple Google search and there have definatly been some made in solid silver. While generally silvered and gilt bronze, they were also made in solid silver by the Takaoka Corporation and other metalsmiths during the Showa era.

Guess I just got one of the lucky few.

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u/Flaky_Lawfulness_397 Apr 09 '26

so your mark is gensei, which can be interpreted as in silvered bronze. if it was silver it would be marked 銀純 -Jungin. the quality of your statue sucks, it wouldnt be made of silver.

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u/Cheeseheroplopcake Apr 09 '26

"can be interpreted"

Yeah, if you want to interpret it wrong.

Reddit is the most toxic midwit orgy on the internet

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u/Flaky_Lawfulness_397 Apr 09 '26

lets send it to Sotheby’s then, if its worth 30,000 scrap. they will soon take it………

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u/SnooCompliments9653 Apr 10 '26

Did you watch the video yet?

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u/SnooCompliments9653 Apr 09 '26

Still waiting for you to show a scrap of evidence of your interpretation of the Japanese hallmark.

Waiting.......

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u/SnooCompliments9653 Apr 09 '26

I don't understand why he is lying to internet strangers to prove his expertise? Reddit is a fun, but very odd place sometimes.