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<p>[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 11385948, member: 78949"]Any is right, as usual, the earrings do not look Russian. Russian gold has never been marked in karats (14 K, 18 K, etc.) - its marks are either zolotniks (Imperial Russia) and these are in two-digit numbers or in shares of pure gold (USSR) which are "583", "750", etc. The USSR gold mark for 14 K was 583 and not 585, and the gold content was exactly this 14/24 = 0.58333333. Also, USSR gold bears a hallmark - a star with hammer and sickle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 11385948, member: 78949"]Any is right, as usual, the earrings do not look Russian. Russian gold has never been marked in karats (14 K, 18 K, etc.) - its marks are either zolotniks (Imperial Russia) and these are in two-digit numbers or in shares of pure gold (USSR) which are "583", "750", etc. The USSR gold mark for 14 K was 583 and not 585, and the gold content was exactly this 14/24 = 0.58333333. Also, USSR gold bears a hallmark - a star with hammer and sickle.[/QUOTE]
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