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<p>[QUOTE="Curioser, post: 10523312, member: 13823"]I was surprised by the marks on these silver earrings whose stones I believe are charoite. The .875 mark is accompanied by a star with an arm holding a sickle inside it. The other mark to the left appears to be "6A3C" or "G" at the end with the A actually more of an upside-down V. </p><p><br /></p><p>I usually have good like researching on .925-1000.com but the info I found was related to very old Russian marks not to USSR marks which would have the star/sickle stamp. On this other site there were multiple pages showing makers and towns, etc., for Russia but I'm making no headway.</p><p><a href="https://www.silvercollection.it/russiansilverhallmark.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.silvercollection.it/russiansilverhallmark.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.silvercollection.it/russiansilverhallmark.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't image the earrings are that old, just trying to verify they are Russian or USSR and get an idea of age.</p><p>AND, those of you who wear pierced earrings, how difficult would it be to get the triangular "latches" on the backs of the earrings to slide over the end of the wire? The wires are so long that they don't need latches. Even with the earrings in front of my eyes I find securing them a task--the amount of wire that makes it out the bottom of the latch is very short!</p><p>Thanks so much!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]529015[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]529016[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]529017[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curioser, post: 10523312, member: 13823"]I was surprised by the marks on these silver earrings whose stones I believe are charoite. The .875 mark is accompanied by a star with an arm holding a sickle inside it. The other mark to the left appears to be "6A3C" or "G" at the end with the A actually more of an upside-down V. I usually have good like researching on .925-1000.com but the info I found was related to very old Russian marks not to USSR marks which would have the star/sickle stamp. On this other site there were multiple pages showing makers and towns, etc., for Russia but I'm making no headway. [URL]https://www.silvercollection.it/russiansilverhallmark.html[/URL] I don't image the earrings are that old, just trying to verify they are Russian or USSR and get an idea of age. AND, those of you who wear pierced earrings, how difficult would it be to get the triangular "latches" on the backs of the earrings to slide over the end of the wire? The wires are so long that they don't need latches. Even with the earrings in front of my eyes I find securing them a task--the amount of wire that makes it out the bottom of the latch is very short! Thanks so much! [ATTACH=full]529015[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]529016[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]529017[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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