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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;enochian, post: 1701372, member: 39576&quot;]well i have narrowed it down to around 1980&nbsp;&nbsp; with the help of yakpoo&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; te 05 is the makers mark&nbsp; it means it was made in Taxco&nbsp; E is the first letter of the last name of the maker&nbsp; 05 means he/she was the&nbsp; 5th silversmith to get a number in the TC category. so im guessing early 80s</p><p>im still reaserching this to find the exact year persons name and value i have not see another piece with te 05 on it online yet not sure why.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>heres the info i found this out from</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot; The eagle mark was used from about 1955 to 1979, so the eagle stamp is&nbsp; an older piece of fine silver jewelry from Mexico. Newer marks have two&nbsp; letters followed by a dash and another number.&nbsp; This system was started&nbsp; about 1979 or 1980.<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">The new marks with TC-902 and similar numbers are readable.&nbsp; T is the&nbsp; city of origin, Taxco. C is the last name of the maker.&nbsp; 902 is the&nbsp; 902nd silversmith to get a number in the TC category.&nbsp; Mexico City is M&quot;</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_5545818_read-jewelry-marks-mexican-jewelry.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ehow.com/how_5545818_read-jewelry-marks-mexican-jewelry.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ehow.com/how_5545818_read-jewelry-marks-mexican-jewelry.html</a></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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