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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2527455, member: 2844"]Not really. If it was solid 18k instead of goldplated 700 silver, the 700 mark was wrong. 18k is <u>always</u> 750.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect the jeweller didn't test it very well. It may have been .700 silver which was gold plated. Not of Swiss origin though, your grandmother could have bought it somewhere else.</p><p>Swiss 18k (750) gold jewellery doesn't have a millessimal fineness mark, it has the Helvetia mark:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]268691[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]268692[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2527455, member: 2844"]Not really. If it was solid 18k instead of goldplated 700 silver, the 700 mark was wrong. 18k is [U]always[/U] 750. I suspect the jeweller didn't test it very well. It may have been .700 silver which was gold plated. Not of Swiss origin though, your grandmother could have bought it somewhere else. Swiss 18k (750) gold jewellery doesn't have a millessimal fineness mark, it has the Helvetia mark: [ATTACH=full]268691[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]268692[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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