Are these Kinsey "Salt" spoons coin?

[JulieRL]

I think these could be coin or better but there are no marks, one I cleaned up, the other is as received. They are very very soft and very thin, the bowls are slightly cracked at the drops/stem. There are no other marks except the crack and minor scratched - there is not even pitting that might have been made by salt use. at first I thought they might be pewter but they it shined as silver.

They came from an older gentleman's estate who was from a small town in central Ohio but he was born after 1910. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated


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[2209patrick]

Hello.

D. Kinsey & Company, 1861 to 1871.
David Kinsey with Louis A. Kinsey and John B. Callahan in Cincinnati Ohio.

Check here:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.anc ... 137671.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Pat.
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[JulieRL]

Thanks. I had already found the D. Kinsey in the makers list . These have no pther markings as coin or sterling or ??. I have the approx dates the and had found the Rootsweb pages as I am primarily a genealogist. I was try to get some hints as to coin versus sterling versus an ? alloy. I do not think I should assume coin silver should I?
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[wev]

coin
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[2209patrick]

Wev should know. The link I posted goes to his website.
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[silverly]

The 1860 census for Cincinnati, Ohio records Thomas Kinsey working as a jeweler everyday at age 87. Thomas was Edward and David Kinsey's father.
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