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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 73085, member: 25&quot;]Who knows if they hired an engraver who was 2 Groshen cheaper but a bit shaky on spacing or spelling? Who knows if the buyers were literate enough to notice? When the possibilities are many, the conclusions must be equally multipled, to the point where the detail becomes merely a feature of an old piece, and not forensic evidence of fakery. </p><p><br /></p><p>According to the original post it has been in the family for generations. Even 50 years would predate it to a time when no one would be at all likely to make that much effort to fake a rather ordinary piece of silver from an area where there was no market for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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