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Mint vendors

PostPosted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 4:58 pm
by bikerjrn
Need help,how can I tell if the 2 sword mint vendors I have are original or repo"s.Thanks Jim

Re: Mint vendors

PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 1:16 pm
by mechanic
Jim Originals are smooth on the outside and inside of the casting with clean smooth inside corners. Repops are grainy looking and feeling both inside and out rough. The inside corners almost always have raised bumps, slag marks where the molten metal found it's way through the sand mold. Later Jim