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    Silver "1000"


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    Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as 1000 silver content. Pure silver is considered to be 999 fine, and the only thing I have ever heard of being made in pure silver was silver bullion. For any practical use, nobody would use 999 silver, so I suspect that this marking must mean something other than the silver content.

    Tim

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    Tim:

    "Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as 1000 silver content."

    "For any practical use, nobody would use 999 silver"

    joe:

    "from a structural standpoint, wouldn't pure silver be rather impractical and soft?"

    No, that is not correct, please see three German decorations with 1000 and 999 silver content:

    There is another Bavarian medal like these two here on the right, silver gilded with "Feinsilber", and that means 1000 silver too.

    They are not impractical and soft, only a little softer than other alloys.

    Uwe

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