We buy all Gold, Silver & Platinum in the form of Jewelry, Coins, and Flatware.  This includes items such as Rings, Bracelets, Necklaces, Watches, Earrings, Pendants, Charms, Pins, and Brooches

HOW TO IDENTIFY PRECIOUS METALS

You have likely noticed a small stamp on a hidden part of the ring, necklace, bracelet or earring. These stamps are known as a jewelry hallmark, and appear on almost all precious metal jewelry. Jewelry hallmarking can give you clues as to the jewelry’s country of origin, metal content, and purity.

Though many countries require jewelers to hallmark their precious metal jewelry, the United States interestingly does not. Yet despite the absence of a law mandating hallmarking, most U.S. fine jewelry does indeed come stamped.  It is important to note that a hallmark can also give a buyer a false sense of security since it is not tightly regulated in the U.S. Unscrupulous jewelers or street vendors can create their own hallmark to pass off poor quality jewelry as quality pieces.  We weigh and test each item under the watchful eye of a webcam using the most accepted and reliable methods in the industry to verify the accuracy of all hallmarks.

GOLD

Gold items are marked based on the number of parts-per-24 of pure gold is contained in each piece; for example: 24 karat gold is 24/24th’s (100%) pure gold, by weight. Gold is often alloyed (diluted) with other metals.  While pure gold is naturally yellow in color, gold alloys may be yellow gold, white gold, rose gold, green gold or other colors. White gold with rhodium plating is valued as gold; the rhodium content is negligible. Some gold jewelry designs incorporate multiple colors (two-tone gold, tri-color gold, etc), or multiple metals (gold with platinum or silver). The most common gold designations and markings are:

24 Karat or Kt or K (24/24th’s gold), or 1.000
22 Karat or Kt or K (22/24th’s gold), or .916
18 Karat or Kt or K (18/24th’s gold), or .750
14 Karat or Kt or K (14/24th’s gold), or .585
12 Karat or Kt or K (12/24th’s gold), or .500
10 Karat or Kt or K (10/24th’s gold), or .416

SILVER and STERLING SILVER

Silver items are marked based on the number of parts of pure silver and one part alloy metal.  The most common silver designations and markings are:
900 (9 parts pure silver and one part alloy metal
925 - 925 is the hallmark stamp for sterling silver. This is the most common hallmark seen on silver jewelry, and means that the jewelry is composed of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% other metals. Sterling silver is the highest quality silver used in jewelry, since pure silver is much too malleable to be worn on a daily basis.

PLATINUM

Platinum items are marked based on the number of parts-per-thousand of pure platinum; for example: 950 Platinum is 950/1000th’s (95%) pure platinum, by weight.  The most common platinum designations are:

Platinum or Plat or Pt (at least 950/1000th’s platinum)
950 Plat or Pt (950/1000th’s platinum)
900 Plat or Pt (900/1000th’s platinum)