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<p>[QUOTE="scoutshouse, post: 121707, member: 267"]I'd never have thought the term Alpacca wasn't related to Mexican or South American Alpaca! That's great to know. </p><p><br /></p><p>I found this list of all the "German Silver" or Alpacca Silver names used around the world:</p><ul> <li>Alpaca or Alpacca Silver</li> <li>Aluminum Silver</li> <li>Austrian Silver</li> <li>Brazil or Brazilian Silver</li> <li>Bristol Silver</li> <li>Burmaroid Silver</li> <li>England Silver</li> <li>German Silver</li> <li>Indian Silver</li> <li>Japanese Silver</li> <li>Laxey Silver</li> <li>Mexican Silver</li> <li>Nevada Silver</li> <li>Nickel Silver</li> <li>Paktong</li> <li>Pearl Silver</li> <li>Potosi Silver</li> <li>Solid G Silver (aka German Silver)</li> <li>Sonora Silver</li> <li>Tyrol Silver</li> <li>Venetian Silver</li> <li>Yukon Silver</li> </ul><p>And Italy uses some form of the word Argentum, right? [/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scoutshouse, post: 121707, member: 267"]I'd never have thought the term Alpacca wasn't related to Mexican or South American Alpaca! That's great to know. I found this list of all the "German Silver" or Alpacca Silver names used around the world: [LIST] [*]Alpaca or Alpacca Silver [*]Aluminum Silver [*]Austrian Silver [*]Brazil or Brazilian Silver [*]Bristol Silver [*]Burmaroid Silver [*]England Silver [*]German Silver [*]Indian Silver [*]Japanese Silver [*]Laxey Silver [*]Mexican Silver [*]Nevada Silver [*]Nickel Silver [*]Paktong [*]Pearl Silver [*]Potosi Silver [*]Solid G Silver (aka German Silver) [*]Sonora Silver [*]Tyrol Silver [*]Venetian Silver [*]Yukon Silver [/LIST] And Italy uses some form of the word Argentum, right?[SIZE=6][B] [/B][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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