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Sign in to savethumb|A hallmark is Punch (tool)|punched into a section of a silver chain by a [[silversmith.]] A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of metal, mostly to certify the content of noble metals—such as platinum, gold, silver and in some nations, palladium. In a more general sense, the term hallmark is used to refer to any standard of quality. Not to be confused with responsibility marks that are the marks of the maker.
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30 sectionsContents
- General overview
- Distinguishment
- Prerequisites to hallmarking
- Systems
- History
- Ancient Byzantine hallmarks
- Late Middle Ages
- France
- England
- Switzerland
- Augmentations in France and England
- Modern hallmarks
- Poland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
- India
- Marking techniques
- Punching
- Laser marking
- Methods of assay
- Touchstone
- X-ray fluorescence
- Fire assay
- Other methods
- See also
- References
- Footnotes
- External links
thumb|A hallmark is Punch (tool)|punched into a section of a silver chain by a [[silversmith.]] A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of metal, mostly to certify the content of noble metals—such as platinum, gold, silver and in some nations, palladium. In a more general sense, the term hallmark is used to refer to any standard of quality. Not to be confused with responsibility marks that are the marks of the maker.
==General overview==