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<p>[QUOTE="Fid, post: 426115, member: 7724"]"The standard mark on all items is 84. This is a Russian mark and was used by silversmiths in Iran in the first half of the 20th century. An obsolete Russian weight measure, 84 <i>zolotnik</i> means a fineness of 875 parts of silver per thousand parts of the metal alloy used."</p><p>from this site:</p><p><a href="https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/world-cultures/the-kronfol-collection/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/world-cultures/the-kronfol-collection/" rel="nofollow">https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/world-cultures/the-kronfol-collection/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fid, post: 426115, member: 7724"]"The standard mark on all items is 84. This is a Russian mark and was used by silversmiths in Iran in the first half of the 20th century. An obsolete Russian weight measure, 84 [I]zolotnik[/I] means a fineness of 875 parts of silver per thousand parts of the metal alloy used." from this site: [URL]https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/world-cultures/the-kronfol-collection/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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