Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
If the gold layer is 12 kt or higher, the minimum layer of karat gold in an item stamped gold-filled marks must equal at least 1 ⁄ 20th the total weight of the item. The most common stamps found on gold-filled jewelry are 1 ⁄ 20th 12kt GF and 1 ⁄ 20th 14kt GF. Also common is 1 ⁄ 10th 10kt. These standards are for modern gold-filled items.
Black Hills gold jewelry depicts leaves, grape clusters and vines, and is made with alloys of gold with standard yellow gold as well as green and pink gold. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1980, the 8th Circuit affirmed an injunction ruling that if a manufacturer was to call its jewelry Black Hills Gold, then it must be made in the Black Hills. [ 3 ]
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
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. Not to be confused with responsibility marks that are the marks of ...
Thomas Wyman purchased Balfour in 1983 and opened a new ring plant shortly thereafter. In 1998, Balfour secured a three-year, $20 million corporate recognition program contract with AT&T . Following the awarding of the large AT&T contract, Town & Country Corporation purchased Balfour in November 1988.
Signet ring; 664–525 BC; gold; diameter: 3 by 3.4 centimetres (1.2 in × 1.3 in); British Museum (London) Pectoral and necklace of Princess Sithathoriunet ; 1887–1813 BC; gold, carnelian , lapis lazuli , turquoise , garnet and feldspar ; height of the pectoral: 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in); Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
You’ve been stashing some extra cash in your checking account, but you now have about $12,000 saved up. You want that cash to be easily accessible for groceries, bills and unexpected expenses.
Oh, and as I recall, gold below 10k doesn't have to bear a karat stamping even if it is stamped as gold. Usually you'll see it stamped at 'solid gold'. There's also the stamping for gold-filled items which usually is something along the lines of 1/20 12k gold filled meaning that 1/20th of the total pennyweight of the metal is a 12k gold exterior.