Sorry for the yellow pictures. 3 bangles were silver, the rest not. When I scratched them, they rubbed gold color. 2 are stamped 925 and the eagle. The taxco three don't say silver, but I think that's supposed to look like the eagle. Mean while, I have no idea what to do with these.
Any tips for spotting silver vs silver plate without markings?
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diggummup
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Made to deceive marks. A vintage Taxco (or Mexican) eagle mark will always be a full bodied eagle, never just a head. Anything made after 1979 requires a registry mark (ie- TR-32).
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You could put them in a junk box, sell when you have 9-10lbs of "junk"?
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Some silverware will be marked "COIN" this means it was made from 90% silver and often was from melted down coins.
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No sense throwing them out. Just sell with a run of the mill costume lot or junk drawer lot..
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