14k Gold Ring Markings

Gold traders has compiled a gold hallmark identification wizard to help decipher the markings that are stamped on your item.

14k gold ring markings. American jewelry is often marked by karat stamped into the inside of a ring or bracelet on the edge of earrings or the back of a charm. A typical marking on gold filled jewelry might read 14k gf meaning it was made of metal coated with a 14 karat gold alloy with the alloy making up 5 percent of the item s total metal weight. 7 18k 750 often you will find both karat stamps and their percentage stamps inside of rings. This means 14k gold plated but this does not give any information as to what the base metal is.

Know that jewelry marked 14k is 53 8 percent pure gold or 14 parts pure gold out of 24. These are custom stamps or engravings placed in jewelry by whomever manufactured it. Use the number marks on gold jewelry to learn more about it. 750 is the same thing as 18k gold white gold.

So for each gold variety it lists the fineness and karatage markings. Have a look at your piece of jewellery. Keep in mind things. It displays all common gold jewelry markings along with their meanings.

The 14k kc means simply 14k gold 14k and the makers mark kc. A lot of jewelry will have several stamps or marks. Common jewelry marks gold purity marks. Often there is one stamp to indicate the purity of the gold 14k as mentioned above.

Purity marks on gold jewelry will consist of a two digit number followed by the letter k or a three digit number. Look for a number followed by k for example 12k using a loupe or magnifying glass. The letter k refers to karats where pure gold is composed of 24 karats 24k. 6 585 585 stands for 14kt gold white gold in this instance.

Look at the table below. If it was made in a country that adheres to the convention on the control and marking of articles of precious metals otherwise known as the common control mark you should find a set of hallmarks stamps. The purity mark can be accompanied by a second mark called a maker s mark or a jeweller s stamp. Any piece of jewelry will only be stamped with one or the other.

There have been thousands of maker s marks so if you need to know who the maker is it will take some research to discover this. 5 14k niii 14k white gold made by a designer or company with the initials of niii. What gold jewelry markings mean. I ve also seen questions like what does 14k gp mean.

Marks can also be wrong. Okay back to gold markings.