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<p>[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 9586667, member: 18716"]First character is 京 (Beijing), then 持代 Chi Dai - could be a name, or something like 'hold on to your generation' (doesn't translate well), or possibly even something to do with an official office (as in position/title).</p><p><br /></p><p>14k gold is currently about $36 per gram, so that's the minimum it's worth (weight x $36), buying retail of course you would have to pay more, as no one is going to sell something for less they can get for melting it. </p><p><br /></p><p>It looks to have a few knocks around the bezel, but the pics are showing it several times life size, so I'm guessing they don't look anyway near as obvious on the hand. The price you mention doesn't look at all bad for retail to me. You might want to have the metal checked though, as Any Jewellery mentioned Chinese pieces are not always honest with marks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 9586667, member: 18716"]First character is 京 (Beijing), then 持代 Chi Dai - could be a name, or something like 'hold on to your generation' (doesn't translate well), or possibly even something to do with an official office (as in position/title). 14k gold is currently about $36 per gram, so that's the minimum it's worth (weight x $36), buying retail of course you would have to pay more, as no one is going to sell something for less they can get for melting it. It looks to have a few knocks around the bezel, but the pics are showing it several times life size, so I'm guessing they don't look anyway near as obvious on the hand. The price you mention doesn't look at all bad for retail to me. You might want to have the metal checked though, as Any Jewellery mentioned Chinese pieces are not always honest with marks.[/QUOTE]
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