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Hallmarking. What is it and why do it? To be sold as Silver or any other precious metal, all finished items must undergo tests carried out by the assay office. There are four Assay offices in the UK (London, Birmingham, Sheffield and Edinburgh) and each undertakes tests to ascertain the precise metal content of the items delivered to it to ensure they comply with the law. The Sterling Silver standard requires all of the metal making up an item to contain 925 parts pure Silver to the 1000…

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Edinburgh silver marks, marks and hallmarks of British silver, including date letters chart and symbols of Assay Offices of other towns as London, Birmingham, Sheffield, Dublin, Edinburgh, Chester, Glasgow: a widely illustrated directory of 3000 full sets of silver hallmarks of British makers with information on their location and history,

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Dublin silver marks, marks and hallmarks of British silver, including date letters chart and symbols of Assay Offices of other towns as London, Birmingham, Sheffield, Dublin, Edinburgh, Chester, Glasgow: a widely illustrated directory of 3000 full sets of silver hallmarks of British makers with information on their location and history,

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Here is a fine example of the UK hallmark. FLX - registered maker's mark for Flux Jewellery School. The Lion - quality of the metal is silver. 925 - quality of the metal has a minimum of 925 parts (per 1000) silver, so attains the quality of sterling silver. The Leopard shows the piece was submitted for assay at the London office. q denotes the year the the item was submitted for testing. The font of the year stamp, and the box shape both help to further identify which year the item was…

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