What is a 14k stamp and 925 Italy on my gold necklace and charm mean?
14K is obvious, しかし 925 refers to silver, so I would say this stamped mark indicates gold plated over silver which is common, if not a little confusing for 14K is usually not stamped on gold plated jewelry, so this is a way to get around the standards in industry. I hope you didn’t pay as if it was solid 14K gold.
What do the markings SU 1925 925 Italy mean on a beautiful almost white-looking herringbone necklace I have with an extremely clear pink stone?
If the piece appears to be handcrafted SU is probably a maker’s mark, either an individual silversmith or the company that contracts tradesmen to do finer pieces. The 1925 is not a production date, as Italy required date “codes” between 1937 an 1974, typically a letter in a specifically shaped box. It COULD be a date, perhaps of the production house’s founding, but it would be so confusing as to be highly unlikely, and it is no longer customary to date silver jewelry. Not saying it doesnt happen, but I have reason to doubt.
The main reason I doubt it is the 925, which along with indicating the purity of the silver in the piece, also tells us something about the age of the piece since the 925 was not accepted as a purity mark until 1974, when members of the Euripean community agreed to accept it. It was accepted, but it rarely appeared alone before the 1990s. But while 925 alone CAN be used to represent the sterling standard, when the Chinese started stamping it on every white metal they churned out, it kinda shot that shortcut to hell. 最近では, a 925 hallmark alone means very little in terms of the actual content of silver. But your 925 is not alone, so it’s a safe bet its representing for the sterling standard.
How much is 925 Italian silver worth?
- A stamp of 925 手段, literally, nothing except that the item being sold purports to be 92.5% 純銀. Anyone can, literally, buy a stamp that reads “925” and stamp anything at all with it: 銅, wood, plastic, broccoli. While it offers some assurance that the item is sterling silver, it in itself is not reliable. I believe that, アメリカで, such a quality stamp needs to be accompanied with a registered hallmark, for accountability.
- The weight of the piece, multiplied by 0.925, is the weight of the silver in the piece, if the stamp is accurate.
- You will not get the spot price for that amount of silver. 初め, fabrication makes a big difference; a good-quality chain is worth far more than the silver in it, for example. 2番, even if you considered the piece scrap metal, the refiners do not pay 100% of the spot price of the metal; they have costs in melting it down and refining it, so pay only a percentage of the value of the silver. 加えて, if you go through a middleman (which you will likely need to do, since most refiners do not deal with odd pieces from the general public), the middleman also needs to make some money for collecting your silver along with others, testing it, and sending it to the refiner. On the plus side, the larger the quantity of scrap the refiner gets, the more they pay, so that’s a help. I would expect something like 50–75% of the calculated spot price if you are selling your sterling as scrap.