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<p>[QUOTE="JewelryPicker, post: 4133691, member: 20513"][ATTACH=full]331559[/ATTACH] Hello,</p><p><br /></p><p>New member here. I just picked up some jewelry and need some help with markings. The necklace is very heavy and I believe to be platinum. Scratch test held solid at 18k acid. I don’t have 22k or plat acid right now to eliminate the possibility of stainless, but I believe it to be too old for stainless. Scratches harder than what 18k should scratch</p><p><br /></p><p>Markings are very worn, likely old European pictorial marks. I just can’t identify them. On the flip side is a capital “R” inside a diamond shaped lozenge. </p><p><br /></p><p>any help would be greatly appreciated[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JewelryPicker, post: 4133691, member: 20513"][ATTACH=full]331559[/ATTACH] Hello, New member here. I just picked up some jewelry and need some help with markings. The necklace is very heavy and I believe to be platinum. Scratch test held solid at 18k acid. I don’t have 22k or plat acid right now to eliminate the possibility of stainless, but I believe it to be too old for stainless. Scratches harder than what 18k should scratch Markings are very worn, likely old European pictorial marks. I just can’t identify them. On the flip side is a capital “R” inside a diamond shaped lozenge. any help would be greatly appreciated[/QUOTE]
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