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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2332527, member: 39&quot;]In jewelry it was and is quite common to refer to Ag 925 as &quot;argent 1er titre&quot; just as you say &quot;sterling silver&quot; in English. And items with a lower (Ag 800) content would indeed be &quot;argent 2ème titre&quot;. According to <a href="http://www.argenterie-et-orfevrerie.com/article-8--les-poincons-francais-1789-a-nos-jours-de-1789-a-1798-periode-dite-revolutionnaire.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.argenterie-et-orfevrerie.com/article-8--les-poincons-francais-1789-a-nos-jours-de-1789-a-1798-periode-dite-revolutionnaire.html" rel="nofollow">this page</a> the differentiation for jewelry was introduced in 1838. Here are a few <a href="http://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_marks.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_marks.html" rel="nofollow">more marks</a>. Maybe the mint still uses that for its medals, but I don&#039;t know ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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