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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 322010, member: 36"]Every once in a while, a very long while, something will turn up marked KP or possibly KGP. That's plumb gold, warranted to be exactly whatever the caratage says it is. Something marked 18k can be certified in the US if it's 75% gold or 74.8% or 75.1%. I'm not sure of the exact variance allowed, but plumb gold is dead on. It's gone out of use again and isn't common. Most times if you see letters directly after a karat mark, it isn't solid gold. Things marked HGE, EP, Rolled Gold, KGF etc are all costume pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 322010, member: 36"]Every once in a while, a very long while, something will turn up marked KP or possibly KGP. That's plumb gold, warranted to be exactly whatever the caratage says it is. Something marked 18k can be certified in the US if it's 75% gold or 74.8% or 75.1%. I'm not sure of the exact variance allowed, but plumb gold is dead on. It's gone out of use again and isn't common. Most times if you see letters directly after a karat mark, it isn't solid gold. Things marked HGE, EP, Rolled Gold, KGF etc are all costume pieces.[/QUOTE]
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