Look for the Hallmark, it’s your guarantee

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