Buying Sterling Silver and the new Hallmark Act What is pure silver? A soft white precious metal with a 999 parts per 1000, 99.9% silver and 0.1% unclassified impurity. What is silver? By legal definition,...
There are several ebay guides about old silver hallmarks, but little about hallmarks currently in use so I thought I'd fill the gap... UK hallmarks are assigned by the Assay Offices, of which there are...
British Hallmarks The idea of this guide is to give you a comprehensive guide to buying British Assay Office marked jewellery. There are a couple of others online which are useful,but we're trying to give...
Apoligies of the poor english , I am a Scottish Fifer and write how I would speak. There is only British Silver which when hallmarked is really silver, many people find thereselves very disappointed when I...
Be cautious when bidding for items that are not fully described. Coins and medallions should state the size, composition and related year. Gold Filled means rolled gold. If it is stated "18k" ask for the...
Facts and Data about Platinum Platinum is a dense (heavy) hard silvery metallic element, a precious metal used in jewellery, coins, chemical engineering, and a catalyst used in industry and for car exhausts....
Margaret's Gemstones and Precious Metals Guide BeJewelled has a Jewellery Department in the Cornucopia Department Store SILVER - absolutely pure silver is too soft to be realistically formed or used, so is...
how much silver does it contains? Fine Silver is defined as 99.9% pure silver, with no other metals. Fine silver is very soft, but because it has less copper or other metal content, it doesnt tarnish as...
There are many types of silver I have come across and after a bit of research here are some hints:Sterling Silver - 92.5% silver (the rest is another alloy usually copper). Sheffield Silver - silver plate...