Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 262239, member: 2844&quot;]Indonesian marking was standardized during the VOC (Dutch East India Company) and Dutch colonial period, starting november 22nd 1667. Silver trade was important, and the Dutch had to be sure they got value for money. Indonesian nobility, who had always been more interested in gold, followed the Dutch fashion and appreciation of good silver. Indonesian nobility still ruled most of the country, and they didn&#039;t like being fooled either.</p><p>It took some time after Indonesian independence in 1949 to &#039;Indonesianize&#039; everything, schoolbooks, for instance, were still in Dutch in the 1960s.</p><p>This could be a pre-independence mark used after independence, but I am not familiar with Balikpapan marks before or after. It is almost impossible to find information on Indonesian silver marks other than Javanese (modern silver is usually sterling and marked 925).</p><p>Indonesia before and after independence used 3 digits for silver, in the cases where numerical marking was used. This would be 900, not 90.</p><p>The actual mark looks upside down to me, could it be the other way around, with 06 (or 90) the number of the design?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]82171[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in