Purity, hallmarks, value
Gold and Metals
Gold is the one part of jewelry with a public price. These guides show how purity, hallmarks and weight turn into a number, and when that number is worth acting on.
The guides
Gold and precious metals
24K, 18K and 14K explained, how to read hallmarks and stamps, gold against platinum and palladium, and coins, bars and jewelry as an investment. With live precious metal prices.
Karats, fineness, colour
24K, 18K, 14K: Gold Purity Explained
What karat and fineness numbers mean, why 24K jewelry is rare, how alloys create rose and white gold and how purity turns into a price per gram on today’s spot price.
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The tiny marks inside a ring
Hallmarks and Stamps: How to Read Them
Purity marks, maker’s marks, assay office marks and date letters: what is stamped inside your jewelry, which countries guarantee it and how to tell a hallmark from a hopeful stamp.
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Colour, wear, weight, price
Gold, Platinum or Palladium: Choosing the Metal
Yellow, rose and white gold against platinum and palladium: how they look, how they wear, what they weigh, what they cost and which metal suits which piece.
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What holds value, what does not
Coins, Bars and Jewelry: Gold as an Asset
Coins, bars or jewelry: which form of gold keeps closest to the spot price, what premiums and spreads cost you, how to store and insure it and why jewelry is the worst way to invest and the best way to own gold.
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