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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 10093200, member: 111"]The '800' indicates it is 800/1000 silver, the crescent & crown guarantees that it is at least .800 fineness.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm viewing this on a high-resolution laptop screen, and see no indication of wear-through to base metal, but the tarnish is rubbed on the high points - and should be noted that silver is often cast, as well as die-struck, along with being hand-worked...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 10093200, member: 111"]The '800' indicates it is 800/1000 silver, the crescent & crown guarantees that it is at least .800 fineness. I'm viewing this on a high-resolution laptop screen, and see no indication of wear-through to base metal, but the tarnish is rubbed on the high points - and should be noted that silver is often cast, as well as die-struck, along with being hand-worked... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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