Cairo, Egypt - date letter

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Cairo, Egypt - date letter

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Could someone please identify this date code?

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I have tried but many links are not wrking. Thank you!
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And here another picture of the mars of the same object:

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Left to right, mark used 1947 to date
1.) Fineness 900/000, assay office Cairo. 2.) Egypt's national country hallmark for silver, the Lotus flower blossom used 1946-2005
3.) Year-date letter used June 1986- October 1989


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Thank you Peter. Do you have a good source for dating Egyptian silver? I have came across different sources. One ends on 1982 and the other one is inactive (Egyptian government site).

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Yes, I should have mentioned my source.
Source: World Hallmarks Volume II, Asia, Middle East, Africa.
Niklewicz Matula Whetstone
Hallmark Research Institute

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