![]() ![]() But each nation has created its own requirements and distinctive gold hallmarks and markings. ![]() Similar systems to clearly identify the caratage and origin of gold items have been introduced over time and around the world. Articles weighing less than 1 gram are exempt. In the UK, all gold products sold on the home market must now be hallmarked at one of the four assay offices in London, Birmingham, Sheffield and Edinburgh each of which has a distinctive mark. ![]() The English term ‘hallmark’ originates with this hall and its official marks. In 1327, King Edward III of England granted a charter to the ‘Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths,’ headquartered in London at Goldsmiths' Hall. ![]()
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