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  2. Hallmark - Wikipedia

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    Only London and Edinburgh assay offices now strike marks exclusively in the UK. As it now stands, the compulsory part of the UK hallmark consists of the sponsor or maker's mark, the assay office mark, and the standard of fineness (in this case silver, 925 parts in 1,000). Examples of British hallmarks for 925 silver

  3. Birmingham Assay Office - Wikipedia

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    The anchor mark no longer indicates that an item was assayed in Birmingham. In July 2016 Birmingham Assay Office began striking its hallmark via a subsidiary in Mumbai, India. In 2018 the British Hallmarking Council announced that hallmarks struck overseas must be different from domestic hallmarks. Beginning in early 2019 a modified version of ...

  4. Assay office - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. The Goldsmiths' Company Assay Office - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. Edinburgh Assay Office - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Hallmarking Act 1973 - Wikipedia

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    This council is responsible for advising the Secretary of State in matters of hallmarking, making certain the UK has acceptable hallmarking facilities, and overseeing the assay offices so they follow the legal hallmarking standards. The council has made many important contributions concerning UK hallmarking procedures.

  8. Maker’s Mark releases unique bourbon bottles for Keeneland ...

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    Maker’s Mark said the commemorative bottles are generally gone within a day. Fewer than 10,000 of the special-edition bottles will be available for purchase. Maker’s Mark said the ...

  9. Sheffield Assay Office - Wikipedia

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    Originally, only silver produced within twenty miles of Sheffield could be marked at the office. From 1784, Sheffield was empowered to keep a register of all maker's marks within one hundred miles, including those of Birmingham. Sheffield Assay Office, October 2008. In 1795, after several moves, an office was established on Fargate. In 1880 it ...