Oriental 9999 gold hallmark

newyork.neal · Post by **newyork.neal** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:03 pm

I have this gold or platinum bracelet with oriental hallmark. It has Oriental characters, 9999, FG. I have 18K acid and it tests at least that. It's not silver. But if it's pure gold, how can it be white? So I think it might be platinum. Any ideas?

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salmoned · Post by **salmoned** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:15 pm

May I suggest you're reading it upside-down? Instead of '9999', it may be 'G666' for 16KT gold.
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salmoned · Post by **salmoned** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:17 pm

On the other hand, it may be simply 'gold filled', as indicated by the 'FG'. In that case, all the gold may have worn off.
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newyork.neal · Post by **newyork.neal** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:13 pm

If it was gold filled it wouldn't test as gold. And I've never heard of 16 karat gold jewelry from any country. And there are the letter FG to show that it's not upside down.
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