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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2063945, member: 2844"]It is still a gorgeous set, Nate, but if it was expensive....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe 84? Armenian silversmiths introduced Russian marks in Persia, but they used the zolotnik marks for millessimal finenesses. So what often looks like 84 zolotnik (.875 millessimal) on a Persian piece, is actually .840 silver instead of .875.</p><p>Confusing, I know.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2063945, member: 2844"]It is still a gorgeous set, Nate, but if it was expensive....:nailbiting::( Maybe 84? Armenian silversmiths introduced Russian marks in Persia, but they used the zolotnik marks for millessimal finenesses. So what often looks like 84 zolotnik (.875 millessimal) on a Persian piece, is actually .840 silver instead of .875. Confusing, I know.:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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