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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 3159648, member: 59"]I suspect that what looks like NB (maybe) may actually be "NS" - which stands for nickel silver (an alloy that contains no silver at all.) It is often used "instead of" silver and as a base for silver plate. </p><p><br /></p><p>The numbers below the address (4933) is a design number and the 4 by itself might be an indication of size.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 3159648, member: 59"]I suspect that what looks like NB (maybe) may actually be "NS" - which stands for nickel silver (an alloy that contains no silver at all.) It is often used "instead of" silver and as a base for silver plate. The numbers below the address (4933) is a design number and the 4 by itself might be an indication of size.[/QUOTE]
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