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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 916741, member: 111&quot;]Not sure what you&#039;d consider recent, but the .600 spoon I have here (believe I have another packed away) is a Nefertiti souvenir spoon, it is almost certainly mid 20th century, as are most, if not all, Egyptian-made souvenir spoons depicting the bust of Nefertiti.&nbsp; Mine only bears the Cairo marks for .600 fineness on both the finial and bowl, but other .600 souvenir spoons with full Egyptian marks can be found bearing the lotus rather than the cat, so can be firmly dated as post WWII. The majority of the nice late 19th-early 20th century Egyptian souvenir spoons were made in Germany and usually .800 fineness, occasionally having added Egyptian marks indicating the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have no idea how much Egyptian .600 silver is still being made, only that it still their lowest standard (the U.S. second standard is still .900, but it&#039;s very rarely, if ever, used), along with .800, .900, and the fairly recent .925, which is not to say that sterling pieces weren&#039;t being produced prior to it being an official standard.&nbsp; Jewelry isn&#039;t really my area, but regarding souvenir spoons, considering the number of people who will buy cheesy silverplate pieces, doubt any great concern that their souvenirs must be sterling - I do have a few nice plated spoons, and though I most definitely prefer solid silver, have no concern at all regarding its fineness (actually kind of like it when they&#039;re a quality typical of the country)...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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