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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 320651, member: 360&quot;]Unfortunately AJ, people don&#039;t understand what a HALLMARK actually IS. </p><p><br /></p><p>A hallmark is a mark stamped on a piece of gold, silver or other precious metal (platinum, for example), which was sent to the hall for assaying (testing and certification). </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s called a HALL MARK because the system which originated in England was started at the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths and Silversmiths at GOLDSMITHS&#039; HALL. That said, systems of hallmarking go back CENTURIES all around Europe, and even the Middle East. The English system is by far the most well-known.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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