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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 913951, member: 111"]Even lower fineness was produced too, might find the occasional German piece with a '625', though much more commonly expressed as '10 Löth'; and it's fairly common to find Danish 11 Lødig (.687) silver, but it could also have been as low as 10 Lød in the 19th century, though seldom found. I have a spoon with an unusual '650' stamp similar to the OP's, that's a bit under 10½ L., has no maker's mark, only a prick-engraved 'Marie A. Petersen 1881' - could be from Denmark, but suspect it might be from the Schleswig-Holstein region, which was Prussian in 1881...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 913951, member: 111"]Even lower fineness was produced too, might find the occasional German piece with a '625', though much more commonly expressed as '10 Löth'; and it's fairly common to find Danish 11 Lødig (.687) silver, but it could also have been as low as 10 Lød in the 19th century, though seldom found. I have a spoon with an unusual '650' stamp similar to the OP's, that's a bit under 10½ L., has no maker's mark, only a prick-engraved 'Marie A. Petersen 1881' - could be from Denmark, but suspect it might be from the Schleswig-Holstein region, which was Prussian in 1881... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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