Please Sell your American Colonial Antique Coin Silver Pieces to Antique Sterling Silver
Please Sell your American Colonial Antique Coin Silver Pieces to Antique Sterling Silver and The Silver Museum LLC
Do you have any early American coin silver pieces made from 1600's to 1840's? If so, try running them by us for our fair and competitive offers. We love early American coins silver pieces and for better makers can pay good money.
We of course would most like to purchase pieces from important makers like:
Paul Revere of Boston
Myer Myers of New York
Jacob Hurd of Boston
Philip Syng of Philadelphia
Jeremiah Dummer of Boston
Thomas You of Charleston
Cesar Ghiselin of Philadelphia
Samuel and Benjamin Burt of Boston
Ephraim Brasher of New York
John Dixwell of Boston
Joseph Goldthwait of Boston
Samuel Minott of Boston
Edward Winslow of Boston
David Mosely of Boston
Samuel Edwards of Boston
Andrew Tyler of Boston
Holsted & Myers of New York
Thomas Savage of Boston
Jonathan Trott of Boston
Josephy Richardson of Philadelphia
Hyde & Goodrich of New Orleans
Young & Co. of New Orleans
Adolphe Himmel of New Orleans
Jennings of New Orleans
John Mood of Charleston
Gregg & Hayden of Charleston
Mitchell & Tyler of Richmond
This is just to name a few and there are definitely other important and famous coin silver makers from the colonies that will command big premiums. However, the items don't have to be made by famous makers and we will buy anything and no matter what condition it is in. It could be that despite its old age, your items may be greater valued for their intrinsic silver value rather than antique resale value. We will let you know either way. We always strive to find the antique value versus automatically scrapping out everything.
The Values depend greatly on the following key factors:
Famous Maker - How famous and desirable the maker is make a huge difference in prices.
Condition - How in tact the condition is will greatly affect values. I
Older Pieces from 18th Century versus the 19th Century - If the item is made in the year 1799 or earlier is will likely be worth much more money than pieces made in the 1800's.
Hollowware Pieces like flagons, tankards, porringers, cans, julep cups, tea pots, coffee pots, cream pitchers, sugar bowls, candlesticks and water pitchers will tend to always be worth a higher rate than just regular forks, soup spoons and serving spoons.
Southern Makers fetch a lot more money than their northern counterparts largely because during the civil war, the members of the Confederation needed to raise a lot of money and they melted the vast majority of their silver pieces to fund the rebellion. Today, there is not much southern coin silver left.
Most Rare State: Texas coin silver is considered to be amongst the rarest of pieces and these items go for pretty big money.
Find out worth:
To get values, please send us a list of your items along with their measurements and weights in grams. Please photograph the fronts and backs of the items as well. We also offer a mail in program where you can just send in the items for our offers. We will tell you the prices upon receiving them in person.
Please Sell your Coin Silver
to: Antique Sterling Silver and The Silver Museum LLC
Antique Sterling Silver and The Silver Museum LLC wants to purchase silver pieces like the ones shown above!
If you have items that you'd like to sell,
or even just want to get an idea on valuation
please click the email us button for a quote. We especially love to buy large collections that took years or decades to accumulate.
Please send us photos, measurements and item descriptions.
Thanks,
Greg Arbutine
Antique Sterling Silver and The Silver Museum Owner
The Silver Museum buys all Antique Sterling Silver.
Please sell your Antique Sterling Silver Pieces to The Silver Museum!
Article Authored by Greg Arbutine on10-21-26 - Greg Arbutine is a world expert on antique sterling silver flatware and hollowware items having been in the antique silver industry since 1972. He collects silver for his museum but also loves to wheel and deal on almost any other form of silver items that you might want to sell.
Why are these early American colonial pieces referred to as "Coin Silver?" In the early times of the British Colonies in North America, there were not yet rich silver mines like what was eventually found in Colorado, Nevada, Utah and California. The colonists had to pay a lot of money overseas to acquire silver for silversmithing purposes. The prohibitive costs led silversmiths to resort to a resource which was right in front of them which were their 90% pure silver coins that were in circulation at the time.
Silversmiths melted down the coins and turned this raw metal into flatware and hollowware pieces. This short cut practice took place for hundreds of years. It was not until the 1860's and after the advent of huge silver mine strikes in the western United States that the country finally had enough raw silver to supply silver manufacturers and silversmiths. The practice of using 90% coin silver was done away with and the American makers adopted the 92.5% sterling silver standard that the British had established back in the 1200's.
An exceptional and highly desirable early American coin silver teapot crafted during the brief partnership of Ephraim Brasher and George Alexander in New York, dating to circa 1800–1801. Brasher is among the most celebrated American silversmiths and goldsmiths, best known today for the legendary 1787 Brasher Doubloon, making his silver hollowware especially sought after by collectors and museums. His partnership with George Alexander lasted only a short time, making pieces bearing both makers' names particularly scarce.
Ephraim Brasher's larger silver hollowware is considerably rarer than his flatware, and surviving examples are highly prized by collectors of early American silver. Comparable Brasher teapots have appeared in major auction houses including Christie's and Stack's Bowers, underscoring the significance of his work.
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