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<p>[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 3102902, member: 8363"]When I was looking at this bangle marked with Hecho En Mexico, the reseller who comes in about the same time as I do, said he doesn't buy these as so many are fake - even when the say 925. When I went home and cleaned it, I found the 925. I tested it with my trusty magnet and it is not magnetic. I know this is not conclusive, but for my purposes of a simple bangle for casual wear it will do. I thought it might be real, because someone took the time to stamp tiny little birds with some detail on it. That made it seem like something a silversmith would do. What clues do you use to decide whether or not to buy Mexican silver? I know it if stamped Taxco, it is probably real, but anything else? It weighs 1.5 ounces and is 3 inches in diameter.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]293430[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293435[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 3102902, member: 8363"]When I was looking at this bangle marked with Hecho En Mexico, the reseller who comes in about the same time as I do, said he doesn't buy these as so many are fake - even when the say 925. When I went home and cleaned it, I found the 925. I tested it with my trusty magnet and it is not magnetic. I know this is not conclusive, but for my purposes of a simple bangle for casual wear it will do. I thought it might be real, because someone took the time to stamp tiny little birds with some detail on it. That made it seem like something a silversmith would do. What clues do you use to decide whether or not to buy Mexican silver? I know it if stamped Taxco, it is probably real, but anything else? It weighs 1.5 ounces and is 3 inches in diameter. [ATTACH=full]293430[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293435[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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