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Help needed with this Egyptian(?) mark, please.
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:35 pm
by jillyjim
Happy festive season, to all.
This mark is found on a silver mount which, holds an Egyptian scarab.
Can anybody, please, identify this mark?
Jim
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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:58 pm
by admin
Upside down, but I think it is the Cairo, Egypt assay mark for .600 silver.
Regards, Tom
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Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:10 am
by Doos
Hi,
Tardy says it is .600 from Alexandria, but according to my Maroccan neighbours he got that wrong and it is indeed the mark from Cairo as Tom said.
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Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:00 pm
by jillyjim
Thanks Tom and Doos.
Would you be able to tell me up until when was .600 used as a silver content? Or is it in use today? I'm trying to date this mount. Two possible dates are 1850s or 1920s.
The design is as you see it all around the mount.
Jim
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