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I have a pair of Dutch fighting cocks and have managed to get the following from the marks, starting on the right and moving left:

the 'O' is 1949, the Minerva head with the 'A' is to do with the assay office, the lion above the 2 refers to .833 standard.

My questions are to what city does the 'A' mark refer? Amsterdam? And does anyone recognise what I presume to be the maker's mark on the far left?

Thank you so much

Hi Emma,

As a reference, here is a listing of the letters that identify the assay offices of the Netherlands:

Listing of Netherlands Assay Offices

A - Amsterdam
B - Utrecht
C - The Hague
D - Rotterdam
E - Groningen
F - Leeuwarden
G - Zwolle
H - Arnhem
I - Breda
J - Joure
K - Den Bosch
L - Middelburg
M - Schoonhoven
N - Maastricht
O - Roermond
P - Alkmaar
Q - Roosendaal
R - Gouda

Trev.

Thanks Trev,

Is there any way you can include it in the Netherlands page for future reference? I'm sure I'm not the only person it would help...

Emma

Hi Emma,

The whole Dutch section is just about to go under a major overhaul. We'll make sure the information is included.

Trev.

Hi Trev and Emma,

If you should take a little trouble to browse the Dutch topics you could find all the requested information, including the regional assay offices and more! See the first 2 topics;
Dutch silver hallmarks and date letter chard 1814-2009
http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32028
For the maker’s mark see: Dutch silver original maker's mark project
http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=28590
A hammer between two Z for; Zaanlandse Zilversmederijen n.v./b.v., Haarlem & Amsterdam mark used 1920/1990





Oel.

Hi Oel,

My apologies, I clean forgot the regional letters, and much more, were already placed in your very informative post.

Trev.

Thanks Oel, next time I will make sure to go through the forums properly. It would still be nice if that sort of info could be linked to the main Dutch page.

Best wishes,

Emma