low gold or junk ring ?
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Voriax
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Low gold content. Apparently 333 gold was typically sold in Germany. I think these days in Europe lowest gold content is 375.
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.333X24k=8k Common in UK and Australia and some European countries. I recently found a .333 wedding band and did some research. Plenty of info on the web. It may also be an 8k plated ring depending on any other stamping. Low gold content allows the other alloy metals to degrade. If it is not plated you should be able to polish it but may still have pitting on the surface.
.333X24k=8k Common in UK and Australia and some European countries. I recently found a .333 wedding band and did some research. Plenty of info on the web. It may also be an 8k plated ring depending on any other stamping. Low gold content allows the other alloy metals to degrade. If it is not plated you should be able to polish it but may still have pitting on the surface.
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Thanks for the input .
I guess it is (or better said) it was plated ,for what I see in the inside.
I will try to polish it a little bit and see what comes out
The edges are somewhat shiny,like silver ..
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Germany is one of the few countries that consider 8k real gold.
Here it is 10k or better, in some countries like Asia even 14k could be considered junk gold.
I found a salesman's sample class ring last year that was marked 14k but in reality was under 10k...probably 8k.
I was on a great quest for gold back then but this one I couldn't consider in my gold totals.
If ARA won't take it I don't count it.
Here it is 10k or better, in some countries like Asia even 14k could be considered junk gold.
I found a salesman's sample class ring last year that was marked 14k but in reality was under 10k...probably 8k.
I was on a great quest for gold back then but this one I couldn't consider in my gold totals.
If ARA won't take it I don't count it.
