New guy requesting help

British Silver Reading Silver Hallmarks
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Hi all,

I’ve decided that I need to try and get some silver invested before it catches back up to its normal percentage level with gold. Thought I’d snapped a bargain up for just 50p but, with the help of actually being able to see the stamps, I am thinking that my lack of magnification at the time, means I’ve bought a worthless electroplated fish knife but it’s all very strange, they don’t appear to be hallmarks as I know them with a crown etc but, I’m aware that there’s a lot of weird stamps out there, and as the stamps aren’t very clear, I’ll do my best to provide a picture as close and clear as possible. I used a green lightsaber as an alternative light source when I took the picture, so any green tint is from that. It does look longer tarnished silver but, then it would with a silver plate.

The best I can make it it reads as follows W A R D 6D TP/EP S

I appreciate your help in advance thank you for your time.

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EP stands for ElectroPlate. Sorry, but you can’t retire to the south of France on the proceeds. :wink:

Fish knives are somewhat amusing. This was an invention to take care of a problem that didn’t need a solution. People would normally pull their fish apart with two forks. Very effective, very simple. But then someone decided that what was need was a dedicated “fish knife.” Produced by all kinds of companies. But no one ever used them, because they didn’t need to. As a result, they all survived, and are now available in every car boot sale. :slight_smile: