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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 521694, member: 2844&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I love the way they keep refering to terms as &#039;Phantasiebezeichnungen&#039;.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> Very dismissive, but very appropriate. Many terms started life as trade names, etc, and stuck somehow.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I remember correctly Amerikaner Gold, Doublé, etc got its name in Austria. The Austrians were the first in Europe to use a plating technique which had been developed during the American Civil War to produce nice looking jewellery without using much gold. The Americans needed gold to fund the war, of course, hence the invention.</p><p>It was something along these lines, I&#039;ll see if I can find my notes on Amerikaner.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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