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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 253050, member: 111&quot;]Sorry, my old eyes can&#039;t make out that mark at all - can only say that it doesn&#039;t look to me like a French crab mark, and suspect it may be an Italian maker&#039;s mark, the official marks should be used, but have seen many exceptions (with more readable marks), especially on jewelry.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the 925-1000 site being a &quot;spin-off&quot; of the Italian site - that is absolutely incorrect, there is no connection at all. </p><p><br /></p><p>Giorgio started the &#039;silver collection.it&#039; site, it originally highlighted his personal collection with a small section on a few European marks and he has now expanded it quite admirably - not sure when he started, but I first discovered it in the early 2000s, his &#039;ascasonline.org&#039; site started in 2004.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Tom started the &#039;925-1000.com&#039; site in 2000, it grew rapidly but has had less updating in recent years because of personal issues in Tom&#039;s life - the forums started in 2005 and still run strong under the able administration of Trev (dognose), with a variety of knowledgeable International members.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On &#039;smpub.com&#039;, please just don&#039;t post there if you are only interested in sales information, the site is fully searchable for information already posted, but it is intended for discussion between lovers of silver.&nbsp; This was a policy I didn&#039;t really agree with when instituted, but have now come to enjoy a place with often in-depth discussions rather than cursory &#039;what is it?&#039; queries that often don&#039;t even elicit a &#039;thank you&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Will say, with all references, whether printed or online, errors are made, with some marks identified incorrectly and some marks remaining unattributed, though new information continues to show up, and that some variations and anomalies can occur even in marks that are well researched...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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