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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 1618557, member: 111&quot;]Sorry, I&#039;ve been really busy/tired, and still am, and not able to make out your marks, but just don&#039;t know of any country that uses a &#039;96&#039; mark for solid silver, and though believe I&#039;ve seen it, it is uncommon as a plating number too.&nbsp; This spoon, if Russian silver, would be unlikely to even be any higher than 84 zolotnik, and you might find a fine silver spoon in some sort of fancy presentation piece, but I&#039;d think that fairly unlikely, or perhaps in a small light-use item, though fine silver isn&#039;t particularly uncommon for Asian spoons, as well as other items. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a German silverplate spoon bearing a &#039;96&#039;, and I keep thinking I&#039;ve seen it on electroplate from somewhere else too, but not finding any in quick searches:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28894" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28894" rel="nofollow">https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28894</a> , but in this case, rather than the &#039;96&#039; being an indicator of the plating quality, it&#039;s actually Bohrmann&#039;s year of production, putting an alternate meaning of the &#039;96&#039; on your piece in question as well:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.ascasonline.org/ARTICOLOMARZ239.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ascasonline.org/ARTICOLOMARZ239.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ascasonline.org/ARTICOLOMARZ239.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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