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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 393468, member: 59"]US maker's marks are up to the firm to decide upon, with the only limitation being that it's design cannot legally infringe on another company's registered trademark. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the UK, the lion passant (which happens to be left-facing) is the official assayer's mark for sterling silver, nothing to do with the maker. Not the same thing at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 393468, member: 59"]US maker's marks are up to the firm to decide upon, with the only limitation being that it's design cannot legally infringe on another company's registered trademark. In the UK, the lion passant (which happens to be left-facing) is the official assayer's mark for sterling silver, nothing to do with the maker. Not the same thing at all.[/QUOTE]
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