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Saturday, January 4, 2014

Word Lover's Daily Word- Zolotnik \¦zälət¦nēk\

Marked with 84 zolotniks standard (875 silver), assayer's initials of Ivan Lebedkin and K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Russian Imperial warrant, both pieces with scratched inventory number 18108.    Zolotnik- a Russian unit of weight equal to 4.266 grams or a small fraction of an ounce
Marked with 84 zolotniks standard (875 silver)

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