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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10395228, member: 2844&quot;]If a country doesn&#039;t assay pieces by gold- and silversmiths, it is up to the makers if and how they mark their work. </p><p><br /></p><p>In countries with an official assay system, every piece is tested and marked so you have a guarantee when you buy it. These assay marks are called hallmarks, after the old guild halls where pieces were assayed. </p><p>Hallmarking countries also generally require individual maker&#039;s marks, which are registered.</p><p>Hallmarking is serious business, highly controlled. Random marks are not hallmarks, despite American usage of the term for such marks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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