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Java-E UK - Compulsory Hallmarks Explained
For silver, gold, or platinum items, there is a minimum legal requirement of 3 hallmarks that must be applied to items sold from/in the UK. These are the sponsor's mark, the Assay Office mark, and the Purity mark. examples of these are shown below. All other marks, such as date letters and convention marks, are optional.
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1. Sponsor's Mark (Java-E UK Identifier)
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2. Assay Office (Birmingham, UK)
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3. Purity/Type (Sterling Silver [92.5% Pure])
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IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT: The UK has probably the most stringent precious metal and hallmarking consumer laws in the world. No items which are over a certain weight (about 7 grams) can be sold as Silver, Gold, or Platinum in the UK unless they have been hallmarked by one of the 4 UK Assay Offices, and it is the Assay Offices who perform all the purity tests for the relevant items. As we sell from the UK, we are subject to these stringent laws, and we are happy that such laws protect all UK jewellery customers, and that as a result of these laws, UK hallmarked items have probably the best provenance in the world.
For more details about what the various hallmarks mean in general, click on the relevant options on the left-side menu under the [Hallmark Info] section.
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