What does "sterling 526" mean?
 

I have a beautiful little pill box that is stamped "sterling 526". Can
someone tell me what that means.

thanks

Jane


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What does "sterling 526" mean?
 

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:54:47 -0800, in ôù wrote:

I have a beautiful little pill box that is stamped "sterling 526". Can
someone tell me what that means.

thanks

Jane

I suspect the stamp is distorted. I'll bet the number really is 925, which means
sterling. But if the stamp hit at a bit of an angle, striking stronger on the bottom,
or to one side, it might, after a bit of wear or polishing, look more like 526.

The bottom line is that as a mark on metal, 526 has no real meaning, other than perhaps
as a stock number or style number or something. It's not any sort of metals standard
anywhere in the world. The other thing I wonder is that if you invert 526, with only
a little imagination, that's almost the same shape of the number 925. Could that
simply be 925 where someone held the stamp upside down by accident (easy to do). That
would require the number to be a seperate stamp, not part of the same impression as the
"sterling" mark.

cheers, happy thanksgiving

Peter Rowe

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What does "sterling 526" mean?
 

You're absolutely right. I was reading it up-side-down. What a dope.

It is 925.

Thanks!

Peter W.. Rowe, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:54:47 -0800, in =F4=F9 w=
rote:

I have a beautiful little pill box that is stamped "sterling 526". Can
someone tell me what that means.

thanks

Jane

I suspect the stamp is distorted. I'll bet the number really is 925, whi=
ch means
sterling. But if the stamp hit at a bit of an angle, striking stronger o=
n the bottom,
or to one side, it might, after a bit of wear or polishing, look more lik=
e 526.

The bottom line is that as a mark on metal, 526 has no real meaning, othe=
r than perhaps
as a stock number or style number or something. It's not any sort of met=
als standard
anywhere in the world. The other thing I wonder is that if you invert =
526, with only
a little imagination, that's almost the same shape of the number 925. C=
ould that
simply be 925 where someone held the stamp upside down by accident (easy =
to do). That
would require the number to be a seperate stamp, not part of the same imp=
ression as the
"sterling" mark.

cheers, happy thanksgiving

Peter Rowe
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