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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 435710, member: 5833"]Ah, now I think I see what you are seeing, but it only reads as 710 if you assume the mark is the right way up in the photo & that there is a dot/full stop after the VI & not just an irregularity in the metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ΙΛ mark is common. A mark for 710 written in the Eastern Arabic system is something I have not seen before. What would it indicate & which country would have applied such a mark? If it is for gold fineness, it would stand for approx. 17K.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 435710, member: 5833"]Ah, now I think I see what you are seeing, but it only reads as 710 if you assume the mark is the right way up in the photo & that there is a dot/full stop after the VI & not just an irregularity in the metal. The ΙΛ mark is common. A mark for 710 written in the Eastern Arabic system is something I have not seen before. What would it indicate & which country would have applied such a mark? If it is for gold fineness, it would stand for approx. 17K.[/QUOTE]
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