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Harriet Kelsall
6th March 2008 13:10

UK Hallmarking

 

Hi there

http://www.theassayoffice.co.uk/current_hallmark_symbols.html

I was chatting with one of my colleagues earlier to show her how we hallmark here in the UK so that she can understand the different elements of the hallmark, and found these charts at the link above which you might find useful if you ever want to know what the numbers should be in the hallmark and what it all means! There is also on this same site some interesting background and history to hallmarking. Its really facinating reading. The UK hallmarking system is something to be proud of. It is, for the customer, a guarantee of the purity of the metal by a government run assay office - and I can't think of any other country that has a system like this. Actually most countries just have the jeweller stamping it themselves which is not a real guarantee at all.

Harriet Kelsall
 

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