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solid sterling from a registered Taxco smith, whimsical and well-made for its category, with the characteristic hand-finished look and patina of the period.Key identification details
• Hallmarks (clearly stamped on the reverse): “MEXICO / TV-86 / 925”.
• 925 = sterling silver (92.5% pure).
• MEXICO confirms origin.
• TV-86 is the post-≈1979/1980 Mexican letter/number registration system still used today: T = Taxco, V = first letter of the silversmith’s last name (or workshop), 86 = the 86th smith with a V-initial name registered in Taxco. The exact individual is not publicly identified in standard references (common for these codes; only a handful of the thousands of letter/number marks have been matched to named makers).
