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+-----+----------------------+-------------------+---------------------+ |Page.| No. and quality of | Cost price 1885. | Cost price 1907 | | | alloy. | | and 1921. | +-----+----------------------+-------------------+---------------------+ | 61 | Old standard alloy | _For_ 4/4 per oz. | _read_ 2/9½ per oz.| | 62 | New standard alloy | " 4/6 " | " 2/10½ " | | 64 | No. 1, silver alloy | " 4/2 " | " 2/9 " | | 64 | No. 2, silver alloy | " 3/9 " | " 2/5½ " | | 65 | No. 3, silver alloy | " 3/6 " | " 2/3½ " | | 65 | No. 4, silver alloy | " 3/3 " | " 2/1½ " | | 66 | No. 5, silver alloy | " 3/2 " | " 2/0½ " | | 66 | No. 6, silver alloy | " 3/1 " | " 2/- " | | 67 | No. 7, silver alloy | " 3/- " | " 1/11 " | | 67 | No. 8, silver alloy | " 2/10 " | " 1/10 " | | 70 | French coinage alloy | " 4/2 " | " 2/9 " | | 70 | French plate alloy | " 4/5 " | " 2/10 " | | 70 | French 0·800 alloy | " 3/9 " | " 2/5½ " | | 72 | German coinage alloy | 0·900 standard | " 2/9 " | | 72 | German silver wares | | | | | alloy | 0·950 1st standard| " 2/10¼ " | | 73 | Ditto | 0·800 2nd " | " 2/5½ " | | 73 | Ditto | 0·750 3rd " | " 2/3½ " | +-----+----------------------+-------------------+---------------------+

This Table is based on the market price of fine silver being 3/- per ounce.

Table of Revised and Up-to-date Cost Prices of the Different Solders in