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by smichaels
Fri May 20, 2022 5:06 pm
Forum: European Jewelry
Topic: Dating & placing a likely Soviet-era hallmark
Replies: 2
Views: 1209

Re: Dating & placing a likely Soviet-era hallmark

Thanks. Out of curiousity, what clued you in to the year being 2013? I did some further hallmark research since originally posting this, and my impression is that the four-letter maker's mark system started in 2001, with the first letter being 'A' for the first year, 'Б' for 2002, and then 'B' for ...
by smichaels
Thu May 12, 2022 11:34 pm
Forum: European Jewelry
Topic: Dating & placing a likely Soviet-era hallmark
Replies: 2
Views: 1209

Dating & placing a likely Soviet-era hallmark

Hello, I'm trying to figure out the time peroid of a cross pendant based on the following hallmarks. As best as I can make out, it's a rectangle containing (left-to-right) a β, followed by either a kokoshnik mark or a worker-with-hammer mark (it's difficult to tell), followed by an 875.

I think the ...
by smichaels
Thu May 12, 2022 4:05 pm
Forum: European Jewelry
Topic: Russian silver cross pendant - real or fake?
Replies: 4
Views: 1674

Re: Russian silver cross pendant - real or fake?

Thank you! That helps a lot.

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by smichaels
Thu May 12, 2022 12:07 pm
Forum: European Jewelry
Topic: Russian silver cross pendant - real or fake?
Replies: 4
Views: 1674

Russian silver cross pendant - real or fake?

Hello, I'm looking at an antique cross pendant online and I'm wondering if it's authentic or not. I can see the silver standard mark clearly, but everything else is hard to make out. Perhaps someone here can make the determination based on what's visible in these pictures?

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