Hello collectors I was wondering if anyone could help me with these hallmarks struggling to i.d them much appreciated thank you .
Looks like Edinburgh castle, thistle mark, R - date letter 1972.
MG - Mike Gill?
Mike Gill Jewellery
https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Edinburgh-M.html
Yes - an Edinburgh hallmark and date letter R for 1972. The sponsor’s mark is MG and is the mark of Michael Gill who registered in October 1972 [ref: Edinburgh Assay Office’s Hallmarking Archive]. Gill was working on the Isle of Arran in 1972.
Phil
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Phil, do I have reasons to be proud of myself? 
Yes, award yourself a trophy.
Thanks Phil . another one for you when did he change his hallmark makers mark from a M.G to old English I have been mixing them up with Malcom Gray MG
It was 1972 (5th October) and apparently it was done to avoid confusion with Malcolm Gray’s Ortak mark - so you are not alone in confusion!
I dare say I mentioned this above…
http://catharzodiac.co.uk/jewellery/index.php
Thanks phil i did a bit of research found out he,was on arran from1957 until late seventies he died in 2020 born in england in 1929.
Phil, I don’t know how old you are, but you could sometimes appreciate the efforts of beginners… Where does this conceit and pomposity come from? Instead of encouraging the fight, you’re killing the impetus…
I have great respect for you - your manners, your knowledge, your language… But…
Well i am sorry i caused so much bad feeling towards silvermakersmarks and bartholomew i only ask for help in finding out about a necklace i bought in a auction which had hallmarks i couldnt identify should have stated i only needed the makers marks identification. What a world we are living in today when a few poeple who share the same hobby cannot get on with each other, poor sorry i ask for help know ,but thank you both anyway for helping me …
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