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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 4546068, member: 29"]The number of places that might have made or sold this will relate to the age of the ring, if that makes sense. In the forties and fifties, say, then yes, very very few. But the Spanish comet mark went on till the late eighties. And by the early seventies, when I got to know Barcelona and Catalunya very well, Barcelona had a very prosperous middle class, as did the wider area. Not just tourism but industry. Southern Spain and even Madrid was far poorer. </p><p><br /></p><p>The seaside town we frequent had several excellent jewellers even in the mid seventies, and that wasn't even in the city itself. Pa bought stuff for my Ma, and I did for myself a few years later. Much is unmarked. </p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, I'm slightly surprised the shop here sold it as gold. That's not strictly legal unless it's hallmarked: it ought to have been called yellow metal with the possible addition of "tests as 9 ct". However, they obviously didn't test it and more fool them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Out of sheer nosiness, and don't feel you have to answer, where was the shop and how much did your lovely dad fork out?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 4546068, member: 29"]The number of places that might have made or sold this will relate to the age of the ring, if that makes sense. In the forties and fifties, say, then yes, very very few. But the Spanish comet mark went on till the late eighties. And by the early seventies, when I got to know Barcelona and Catalunya very well, Barcelona had a very prosperous middle class, as did the wider area. Not just tourism but industry. Southern Spain and even Madrid was far poorer. The seaside town we frequent had several excellent jewellers even in the mid seventies, and that wasn't even in the city itself. Pa bought stuff for my Ma, and I did for myself a few years later. Much is unmarked. As an aside, I'm slightly surprised the shop here sold it as gold. That's not strictly legal unless it's hallmarked: it ought to have been called yellow metal with the possible addition of "tests as 9 ct". However, they obviously didn't test it and more fool them. Out of sheer nosiness, and don't feel you have to answer, where was the shop and how much did your lovely dad fork out?[/QUOTE]
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