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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 1864720, member: 59&quot;]I would doubt it. I&#039;ve attached an article on precious metals marking in SA and see no connection between what&#039;s on the bale of this item and what&#039;s in the article.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.silvercollection.it/ASCASVANSTADENSOUTHAFRICA.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silvercollection.it/ASCASVANSTADENSOUTHAFRICA.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.silvercollection.it/ASCASVANSTADENSOUTHAFRICA.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately I also see no way to connect this marking group with any other country either. Yes, the S looks different from the other letters and &quot;might&quot; be a maker&#039;s symbol, yes AG is often a short form of &quot;argento&quot; (the Italian word for silver) but I have never seen it used in this way as as assay mark. Yes, we all recognize 925 as the decimal equivalent of sterling, but I have never seen it with a F for fineness (since that word is in English and this marking group is not from England, the USA or Canada.) In those cases, like the Scandinavian countries, where the decimal is used and is followed by a letter it is followed by an S. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know of no country that uses a marking system that would match with what is on this item.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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