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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 25455, member: 44&quot;]Terry, to me the shape of the punch with the cock/rooster looks like the top half of a diamond with the points of the diamond rubbed/worn down&nbsp; and the bottom part of the diamond that would have the rooster&#039;s legs and letters rubbed off. French maker&#039;s mark for sterling are in diamond punches. That&#039;s the best guess for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I certainly haven&#039;t a clue to the first mark. It looks like the bottom part of that mark may be missing also resulting in the bottom of the &quot;R&quot; and that other letter on the left to be badly rubbed off/missing. If the bottom is missing, that R could be a &quot;B&quot;???? I just don&#039;t know. I really think Sue is right on that mark probably a city/assay office location.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mark on our right could easily be a &quot;6.&quot; Then again, if these are French marks, the mark on our right could be remnants of a Minerva head, the silver purity hallmark??? It almost has a rounded effect of a helmet on the left side with the profile face of Minerva badly rubbed off on our right??? Gee, Terry, I just don&#039;t know. I wish Cheryl, Dragonflywink, would chime in.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really want to stress that all of the above are guesses on my part and that I would not be surprise if none of them were correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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