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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 297910, member: 2844"]Perfect pictures fathand!</p><p>JRR is the mark of a silversmith working for Tane Orfebres, a well-known jewellery firm in Mexico City. Ideally the mark should be accompanied by the Tane mark, but silversmiths occasionally made their own pieces. </p><p>The mark is stamped. The Hecho en Mexico DF mark means made in the federal district of Mexico (City).</p><p>As Holly said, the stone could be dyed. Is it translucent? Could we see a photo against the light?</p><p>0900 is, as you said .900. It is the silver fineness, just below sterling, which is .925. It looks like it is correctly marked.</p><p>In the US .900 is also called coin silver, because coins used to be made of .900 silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 297910, member: 2844"]Perfect pictures fathand! JRR is the mark of a silversmith working for Tane Orfebres, a well-known jewellery firm in Mexico City. Ideally the mark should be accompanied by the Tane mark, but silversmiths occasionally made their own pieces. The mark is stamped. The Hecho en Mexico DF mark means made in the federal district of Mexico (City). As Holly said, the stone could be dyed. Is it translucent? Could we see a photo against the light? 0900 is, as you said .900. It is the silver fineness, just below sterling, which is .925. It looks like it is correctly marked. In the US .900 is also called coin silver, because coins used to be made of .900 silver.[/QUOTE]
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