Information on Old Mexican Silver Bracelet?

poehere
Bronze Post Medal for All Time! 105 Posts

October 20, 20171 found this helpful

Here are a few facts about Silver made in Mexico.

1. Pure silver has a brilliant metallic luster.
2. Pure silver is a soft alloy that is easy to work with and to form. However, if you're making jewelry, plates, silverware or beads the alloy needs to be mixed with another alloy to make it stronger and more durable.
3. If the bracelet was handcrafted from pure silver and one of the alloys it can tarnish at a slow rate. This will tarnish faster than pure sterling silver.
4. A good quality sterling silver bracelet is 90% silver and mixed with 10% alloys.
5. In Mexico they would stamp their silver. Such as 925 or so forth. This indicated the state of purity of the silver bracelet.
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6. If you purchased your bracelet from 1960 to 1970 the bracelet would be stamped with a number. The different range of number is 900, 925, 970, and 980. These are Eagle number of silver made in Mexico.
7. I would suggest looking at your bracelet and see if you can find any stamp with a number such as these.
8. This will indicate how pure your bracelet is and how much alloy was used when making your bracelet.

Judy
Gold Post Medal for All Time! 677 Posts

October 19, 20170 found this helpful

Mexican jewelry was not subject to the sane regulations as USA jewelry. Regulations in the USA became stricter as time went on. It is possible to have real silver jewelry without markings

coville123
Silver Post Medal for All Time! 433 Posts

October 20, 20170 found this helpful

Sterling silver bracelet.

Step 1
Sterling silver does not tarnish.

Step 2
If it does it means it has more copper in it.

Step 3
Sterling silver is usually marked,but not necessarily in Mexico.

Step 4
Be wary of buying jewlery over in Mexico because there is nothing you can do if they sell you something other then they advertised.