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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LoveTheHunt!, post: 11245931, member: 8191&quot;]Greetings, I have, I hope, a simple question (or 2).</p><p>&nbsp; I have some gold filled and gold plated jewelry inherited from a friend who used to have a little traveling side business selling costume jewelry at retirement homes and such.</p><p>&nbsp; With the price of gold these days, I have seen that scrap buyers &amp; refiners are even buying gold filled by weight. Since I don&#039;t have much use for some of this jewelry, I am picking out pieces that are MARKED as Gold Filled in order to sell them.</p><p>&nbsp; There are some pieces marked as the one pictured, &quot;OK&quot; (maker/distributer?) over&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;F18K&quot;. I have searched the &#039;net for info on &quot;F18K&quot; with mixed results; none of which seem authoritative.</p><p>&nbsp; I trust there are those HERE who can tell me whether the &quot;F&quot; means &quot;FILLED&quot; - or something else.</p><p>&nbsp; Bonus question: Well-marked Gold Filled pieces will also include a ratio, such as 1/10 or 1/20. I have some chains that are marked 14/20 (1/20th of 14K, right?), but others that only say only &quot;18KGF&quot;. Should I assume that to mean it has the minimum amount of gold required to be called &quot;Gold Filled&quot; (would that be 1/20?, or?), or is &quot;GF&quot; alone suspect?</p><p>&nbsp; I hope I am posing my questions clearly. I appreciate all responses on this forum!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]539450[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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