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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2253421, member: 71234&quot;]On the balance of probability, I think it is far more likely that&nbsp; numerous countries did make coinage of the specified composition, than they did not do so.</p><p><br /></p><p>For a start, debasing the coinage would be such a political hot potato that for a relatively trivial gain, few governments would be willing to give their opposition such a potent vote winner, as provable debasement of the coinage done by stealth. When Britain debased the coinage in 1920, to 50% silver, and again in 1946/7 to no silver at all, it was a cross party decision in response to an obvious economic crisis due to the massive costs of WWI and WWII.</p><p><br /></p><p>Britain has been very fussy about the correct assay and marking of all silver objects for many hundred years. You might try your tests on a British hallmarked silver object, such as a napkin ring or teaspoon, since it will have been assayed to check that it is 0.925 silver. Should your results indicate anything other than .925, I suggest your tests are far more likely to be wrong than any of the British assay offices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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