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Unusual design on small fork,,, I think it's egyptian,,,
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:26 pm
by mespe
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:50 pm
by mespe
forgot to check the little notify me when I get a reply box,,, sorry,,,
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:16 am
by dognose
Hi,
Not much to add, I believe the first mark denotes the city and the standard, the second is the offical government stamp and the third is the date mark.
I'm sure others will be able to tell more.
Regards Trev.
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:23 am
by mespe
So I'm correct in determining that this silver's from egypt? OK what year? Anyone have access to a spreadsheet of Egyptian dating?
Egypt silver
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:25 pm
by wolfgang
Hi, its Egyptian silver, W is probably date mark for 1946, as N is 1938. After 1946 the cat changes to "palmier" according to Tardy "Poincons d'argent"
regards wolfgang
Egypt silver
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:27 pm
by wolfgang
I forgot about the town: Alexandria...
Egypt
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:28 pm
by wolfgang
.900 fineness
Re: Egypt silver
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:40 pm
by mespe
wolfgang wrote:Hi, its Egyptian silver, W is probably date mark for 1946, as N is 1938. After 1946 the cat changes to "palmier" according to Tardy "Poincons d'argent"
regards wolfgang
If "N" is 1938 that would make "W" 1947 if that were the case, then the cat wouldn't be on there, there's gotta be a different date code for "W"
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:34 pm
by admin
Hi,
There is a great deal of confusion about the sequence, fonts and usage of Roman vs. Arabic lettering on pre1946 Egyptian date letters. As far as I know it has not yet been sorted out. This post has some information on the subject.
http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3151" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Regards, Tom
