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I just tried a bit of polish on one of the spoons and it doesn't really look any different. So you are probably right about the nickel silver base metal. I guess we may never know what the "D" means.

Thanks again for all your help. These spoons have been a family mystery for a while.

Mel

Final question (no really)... Since we think this is silver plate, it is more likely the D in a circle stands for "D = Fifth Quality = 6 grams on 12 pieces = 0 1/2 grams per table spoon or table fork" as opposed to a date mark (which looks like it would date to 1812 if it were silver). Cor...

Interesting - Moses died in 1852 so it would have to have been before then.

Thank you so much for your expertise.

Mel

One more question - any idea of the date these spoons were created? It would answer the question of whether or not the spoons were wedding gifts (1821), or purchased later on. Thanks again.

For more information regarding the firm of James Dixon & Sons, see: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=18034 and: http://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_D2.html Trev. So the spoons are silver plate from England. Cool. Thank you so much for helping to solve a longtime family mys...

Hi all - I have two spoons that I've been told is "coin silver" that have been passed down in my family. There were supposed to have been wedding gifts to my 3rd great-grandparents, Martha and Moses Rogers, who were married in New York 1821. The front of the spoons have "MR" engr...