I got a silver ring that got a 925 on it. What does it mean?
I got a silver ring that got a 925 on it. What does it mean?
Sterling silver is metal alloy consisting of 92.5% sølv og 7.5% base metals like copper or zinc. The mark on your ring signifies this composition, rather than fine silver, som er 99.9% silver or coin silver, som er 90% sølv.
What does it mean when my silver ring has 925 stamped with a star stamp too?
The mark “925” applied to any white metal item claims it to be made of the silver alloy that is more commonly called or known as “Sterling Silver”.
Marks applied by other than recognized government assay offices only claim verses prove the metal content of an item. Mis-marking is unfortunately quite common both in the past and present times..
Sterling Silver originally dates to the reign of English King Edward I and was originally by fractional recipe 926 parts pure silver of 1000 total parts, med de resterende 74 parts being copper.
However the Goldsmith’s Company Hall in London would allow a negative tolerance of 1 part per thousand and still apply the Lion walking hallmark for Sterling. Thus, Sterling became a minimum Silver purity of 925/1000.
Meanwhile most of Germanic Europe was on the base 16 Lothige system for silver marking. 15 Loth is 15/16 = 0.9375, which is usually rounded to 935 for millennial marking purposes. Such items are legal to sell as Sterling.
Finally a simple 5 pointed star has no generally defined or accepted meaning within the jewelry industry, that I am aware of.
How can you tell if a sterling sliver diamond ring is authentic?
If your silver ring is stamped 925 you can be fairly certain it is sterling silver. As far as the diamond part goes you have to use some common sense. If you had the money to purchase a “ large” expensive diamond would you then have it mounted in a silver setting or would you spend the extra money and have it mounted in white gold or even platinum. Gold and platinum family of metals are much more durable materials. Silver is kind of soft compared to them. If your diamonds are on the smaller size then yes I could understand a silver setting. Best bet is go to a reputable jeweler and have 5he stones tested. One thing I want to mention. . . I was reading one of the other answers and they mentioned unmarked rings being made to deceive the buyer. I want to let you know that there are a lot of rings out there which do not have any metal stamp in them. We do them often where I work at. A customer brings in grandma’s ring and wants to use the metal ( sentimental reasons) for a diffrent project . We don’t put a karat stamp on the finished piece. We can not absolutely guarantee grandma’s ring even tho stamped 14k is actually 14k. Sure we could test the metal, and sometimes do. . . But sometimes it has been sized or repaired, we can’t test every single part of the ring. So the customers gold it may actually turn out to be 13.5k or 14,5k. Bottom line just because there isn’t a karat stamp in the metal doesnt mean it isn’t gold. By the same token just because it is stamped 14k doesn’t mean it is gold. Lol most likely it is but one must be careful.