Three Egyptian .900 silver pieces in a presentation box. They're miniature replicas (non-working) about 2 1/2" tall & all three pieces have the AMOCO logo. Date looks like 1947-1946 & I can't make out the assay office, perhaps Beni Suef?
Did I read the marks correctly?
No provenance but I'm thinking a retirement or parting gift for a Middle East AMOCO employee. Do the dates make sense?
The AMOCO name, was used by Standard Oil before the 1971 logo in parts of the US & abroad. Don't know if it was ever found on the torch & globe. There's also a wreath at the bottom on the pieces but that could be artistic licence.
The date symbol was also used in 1996 & although possible, just seems more likely (to me at least) that you'd find the logo on Egyptian silver when American oil companies had a presence in in the Middle East.
The article notes: "In 1961, the torch and oval was redesigned with a flatter oval and a more contemporary torch design with the logo bearing the Standard or American name in the U.S. and the Amoco name outside the U.S."
So the earliest possible date would be 1961 if, and only if, Amoco was operating in Egypt at that time and using this logo. While possible, it seems unlikely to me that the logo adopted nationwide domestically in 1971 would have been first used by overseas subsidiaries.