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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 11433638, member: 2844"]You're right. CH is not a mark for gold or any other precious metal. The Swiss take themselves too seriously to mark gold in such a simple way. A way that can also be faked by anyone.</p><p>Older Swiss gold marks are a squirrel mark for .585 gold and a portrait of the mythical Helvetia for .750 gold.</p><p>More recently they began to use the St. Bernhard dog's head as a national mark along with an assay mark and the fineness mark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 11433638, member: 2844"]You're right. CH is not a mark for gold or any other precious metal. The Swiss take themselves too seriously to mark gold in such a simple way. A way that can also be faked by anyone. Older Swiss gold marks are a squirrel mark for .585 gold and a portrait of the mythical Helvetia for .750 gold. More recently they began to use the St. Bernhard dog's head as a national mark along with an assay mark and the fineness mark.[/QUOTE]
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