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A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of metal, mostly to certify the content of noble metals—such as platinum, gold, silver and in some nations, palladium. In a more general sense, the term hallmark is used to refer to any standard of quality.
Assay offices are institutions set up to assay (test the purity of) precious metals. This is often done to protect consumers from buying fake items. Upon successful completion of an assay (i.e. if the metallurgical content is found be equal or better than that claimed by the maker and it otherwise conforms to the prevailing law) the assay offices typically stamp a hallmark on the item to ...
The hallmark indicates the amount of precious metal in the alloy in parts per thousand (the millesimal fineness). In addition to indicating the town where the item was marked, a unique sponsor's or maker's mark identifies the item's origin and a date letter to represent the year of marking. Traditional hallmarks
The name UnoAErre comes from 1AR, the identification mark indicated on the punch affixed to products, assigned to the first goldsmith company of Arezzo (AR). In the nineteen sixties production reached the highest levels, and the company employed more than 1200 staff. It began a reduction of its workforce in the early 1970s.
5 mark, 1.9912 g (1.7921 g gold) 10 mark, 3.9825 g (3.5842 g gold) 20 mark, 7.965 g (7.1685 g gold) The 20 mark is the most seen and offers a variety of different types that were mass-produced and therefore can be purchased at a low premium above each coin's melt value.
The "V&S" maker's mark is for P. Vaughton and Sons. The hallmark denotes 9 carat gold (".375"), Birmingham Assay Office (the anchor), and the year 1901 (letter "b"). This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
The assay office marks - from left to right, London, Birmingham, Sheffield, and Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Assay Office is the last remaining Assay Office in Scotland and one of four which remain in the United Kingdom. The Edinburgh Assay Office traces its hallmarking history back to 1457 [1] when the first hallmarking act of Scotland was created ...
This hallmark consists of a bee in the center surmounted by 3 stars and surrounded by the letters CC, all placed in a hexagon. Since 1935, Christofle's master mark uses the same symbols with the letters CC and a diamond-shaped surround. The silver and/or gold metal hallmarks used by the silversmith are as follows: