Well being unable to concentrate on one area of collecting I recently dusted off my two pickelhaubes (attached) and thought hey maybe it is time to acquire a plate or two for entry hall to the house. I was going to ask for a tutorial on plates but after surfing Tony & Kaiser's site all my questions and and most of the answers were all there! But I do have a question on repro plates. Is there a way to tell orignial from repro? I know they are being reproduced but how close to the orignials are they. I've only got my two for comparison. Lastly, many of the plates on Der Rittmeister have missing or repaired plate loops is this common for these things...I would be grateful for any help or advice. Dirk
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Hi Dirk,Originally posted by Dirk
Most of the reproduction plates on the market today are produced using the 'galvano' technique (as its known in europe)- this means that rather than being die-struck, the are electrostatically 'cast' (the exact details of the process are unknown to me). From the front they look great, but from the back one can usually see irregularities like small bubbles and differences in thickness, loss of detail etc. There are repro plates that are die-struck, but these are often thinner or lacking slightly in detail. Because you already have a couple of plates, simply comparing them to any you are unsure of is your best bet. Hope this info was of some help...
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Thank You
Arran- Thank you for the information
. I hope to put it to good use soon for an item I wish to buy. Dirk
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