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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 195057, member: 360&quot;]European hallmarks typically come in sets of four or five. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s usually stuff like: </p><p><br /></p><p>Assay mark.</p><p>Date letter.</p><p>Maker&#039;s mark.</p><p>Fineness mark. </p><p><br /></p><p>And then after that come other marks like duty marks, import marks, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>If it&#039;s a real antique piece of silver, you&#039;d expect to see at least the first four listed there, and possibly some of the others. On some big pieces it can be tricky to find them - especially if it&#039;s heavily decorated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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