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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 2021161, member: 111&quot;]Most country&#039;s silver standards, including in the U.S., require &#039;sterling&#039; must be <i>at least</i> .925 fineness, there&#039;s nothing really <i>wrong</i> about marking higher standard silver as sterling.&nbsp; In this case, believe the Japanese makers, who typically, after 1928, marked their wares with numeric fineness, sometimes accompanied by &#039;SILVER&#039;, were stamping &#039;STERLING&#039; to cater to the large post-WWII American market, silver was even sold in post exchanges.&nbsp; There are almost always some anomalies in silver marks, but personally, can&#039;t recall running across any pieces marked as sterling that appeared to be pre-WWII (though many obviously later pieces are described as &#039;antique&#039; or &#039;Meiji period&#039;) - all those marks posted here were found on clearly mid 20th century pieces...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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