I am not able to find any information on the 925-1000.com site.
The mark is Mexico on one side and TV-6? or TV-B? on the other.
I would be grateful for any help!
Thank you!
Help Please with a Mexican mark
Help Please with a Mexican mark
Hello,
I am not able to find any information on the 925-1000.com site.
The mark is Mexico on one side and TV-6? or TV-B? on the other.
I would be grateful for any help!
Thank you!
I am not able to find any information on the 925-1000.com site.
The mark is Mexico on one side and TV-6? or TV-B? on the other.
I would be grateful for any help!
Thank you!
Not exactly. This letter/number sterling marking code began in Mexico in the late 1970's. Finding a piece using the code tells you, right off, it is of recent vintage.
The first letter indicates location, and there are few in use, those most commonly seen are: C, G, J, M, & T.
C&J you can guess at with a map, G is probably Guadalajara, M is Mexico City and in your case...
the T is for Taxco, the V is the initial of the last name of the smith (Vazquez, Vargas, Villalobos, who knows?, let's invent one named - Jose Vargas), the number (can't read it, but let's say it's 39) indicates that he is the 39th smith who's name began with V to register with the assay office of the city of Taxco. so...
TV-39 = Jose Vargas of Taxco...
and now we have key the code...
but...unfortunately...no codebook!
Somewhere in the bureaucracy of the Mexican government, the codebook exists, but as far as I know, no one, aside from the bureaucrats, has ever seen it. So, for now, you'll have to settle for "they are sterling and were made by a guy named V?? in Taxco sometime after around 1980"
Sadly, that's how things stand with the current Mexican silver marking system, sorry I can't be of more help.
Regards, Tom
ps. Bille Hougarts book "The Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade & Hallmarks" does decode around 40 of these marks, however, there are many hundreds, if not thousands of them. It is likely that the vast majority will remain unidentified.
The first letter indicates location, and there are few in use, those most commonly seen are: C, G, J, M, & T.
C&J you can guess at with a map, G is probably Guadalajara, M is Mexico City and in your case...
the T is for Taxco, the V is the initial of the last name of the smith (Vazquez, Vargas, Villalobos, who knows?, let's invent one named - Jose Vargas), the number (can't read it, but let's say it's 39) indicates that he is the 39th smith who's name began with V to register with the assay office of the city of Taxco. so...
TV-39 = Jose Vargas of Taxco...
and now we have key the code...
but...unfortunately...no codebook!
Somewhere in the bureaucracy of the Mexican government, the codebook exists, but as far as I know, no one, aside from the bureaucrats, has ever seen it. So, for now, you'll have to settle for "they are sterling and were made by a guy named V?? in Taxco sometime after around 1980"
Sadly, that's how things stand with the current Mexican silver marking system, sorry I can't be of more help.
Regards, Tom
ps. Bille Hougarts book "The Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade & Hallmarks" does decode around 40 of these marks, however, there are many hundreds, if not thousands of them. It is likely that the vast majority will remain unidentified.
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