British Hallmarking Council
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This guidance explains:
- how gold plated silver articles must be described to consumers
- how they should be hallmarked
- marks that are permitted
- the treatment of underweight articles
Published 15 April 2013
Last updated 18 December 2023
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Introduction section reworded for clarity. Wording of final sentence in section 4 on underweight articles changed to add clarification on exemption.
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Updated guidance on the gold fineness description for gold plated silver articles (paragraph 3.2).
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First published.
