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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10000529, member: 2844"]You didn't, and that isn't what I said or meant. But I should have explained it better, because we are dealing with a cultural difference.</p><p>So here is another try:</p><p>Countries that use assay marks don't use abbreviations that have no legal value. They rely on the guarantee given by a government agency. So no one in Poland would even think of SS as a mark for sterling silver, it is an alien concept.</p><p>The same goes for most other European and North African countries.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10000529, member: 2844"]You didn't, and that isn't what I said or meant. But I should have explained it better, because we are dealing with a cultural difference. So here is another try: Countries that use assay marks don't use abbreviations that have no legal value. They rely on the guarantee given by a government agency. So no one in Poland would even think of SS as a mark for sterling silver, it is an alien concept. The same goes for most other European and North African countries.[/QUOTE]
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