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by stlouiscoin » Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:54 pm
yup, I'm pretty sure that's sterling. the lion is british for sterling.
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by hirbonzig » Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:37 pm
It looks to be a pre 1950 Gorham sterling piece. They used a (lion - anchor - script G - Sterling ) hallmark before 1950 and just Gorham sterling after.
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by frugi » Mon May 06, 2013 9:55 pm
hirbonzig wrote:It looks to be a pre 1950 Gorham sterling piece. They used a (lion - anchor - script G - Sterling ) hallmark before 1950 and just Gorham sterling after.
yep. that is pretty much correct.
http://www.925-1000.com/Gorham_Date_Code.html
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by Engineer » Tue May 07, 2013 4:14 am
I'm pretty sure it's a spoon...
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by Numis Pam » Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:32 am
Engineer wrote:I'm pretty sure it's a spoon...
You think??? Lol...
you're too funny Engineer!!!
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