Look for the Hallmark, it’s your guarantee
What a Hallmark looks like
In the UK it is illegal to supply or offer to supply any item as gold, silver, platinum or palladium unless it is hallmarked.
Exemption weights apply:
- silver - 7.78 grams
- gold and palladium - 1 gram
- platinum - 0.5 grams
Who?
The registered mark of the company or individual who placed the items on the market.
What?
The precious metal content in parts per thousand inside a specific shape for each metal:
- gold - 750 parts per thousand
- silver - 925 parts per thousand
- platinum - 950 parts per thousand
- palladium - 950 parts per thousand
Where?
Each of the 4 UK Assay offices (Birmingham, Edinburgh, London and Sheffield) has a separate mark.
International
International hallmarks must contain the scales of the Common Control Mark.