Legal
Hallmarking Dealer’s Notice
Displayed in accordance with the Hallmarking Act 1973. The notice below is published by the British Hallmarking Council and explains what each part of a UK hallmark means.
The notice as text: 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: 7.78g for silver, 1g for gold and palladium, 0.5g for platinum.
- Who?
- The registered mark of the company or individual who placed the item on the market.
- What?
- The precious metal content in parts per thousand, inside a specific shape for each metal: 925 for silver, 950 for palladium, 750 for gold and 950 for platinum.
- Where?
- Each of the four UK assay offices has a separate mark: a leopard’s head for London, an anchor for Birmingham, a rose for Sheffield and a castle for Edinburgh.
- International
- International hallmarks must contain the scales of the Common Control Mark.
For a fuller guide to reading the marks inside a ring, see UK Hallmarks Explained.