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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10093187, member: 2844&quot;]Depends on where you are.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And there is a difference between the legal understanding of fine silver, and the cultural one.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the Dutch antiques trade it is accepted as silver, as long as the fineness is stated. It is also called BWG silver, short for &#039;beneden wettelijk gehalte&#039;, meaning &#039;below legal fineness&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>There shouldn&#039;t be any base metal, and frankly I don&#039;t see it. It should be .800 fineness all the way through.</p><p>I think you are seeing polish residue, those whitish bits in the indentations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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