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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 11752, member: 44&quot;]What are the initials in the middle of the mark? They look a little like CHM or CIM. I&#039;m on my iPad making things a bit harder to see. Like the others I definitely see the &quot;newer style&quot; of the eagle with the number 3 that was used like Terry said from 1955 to 1980. The eagle was suppose to designated sterling, .925, but some articles have been found only of .900 purity. The circle of words with the initials in the middle, I can&#039;t make out. I have Hougart&#039;s <i>The Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade and Hallmarks </i>at home. It will be a couple of days before I have it in hand. Some of the book is online, but only the first few pages. Page 9 shows the eagles with explanation.</p><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=4n7_jNrBp9EC&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=4n7_jNrBp9EC&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=4n7_jNrBp9EC&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If I knew what the initials were, possibly I could ID the maker when I got home.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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