topic Re: 14K gold stamp missing in Jewelry

14K gold stamp missing

Molson — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 18:51:46 GMT

I bought the italian tri gold ring. very pretty but ther is no godl mark on the ring. Has anyone else had this happen?

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Nightowlz — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 18:55:42 GMT

No. I would want one that states 14k like it should. If it's not marked as such that would tell me it's not 14k.

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SeaMaiden — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 19:04:19 GMT

@Molson wrote:
I bought the italian tri gold ring. very pretty but ther is no godl mark on the ring. Has anyone else had this happen?

@Molson Who did you purchase it from? Does it have the maker's mark on it?

Re: 14K gold stamp missing

chrystaltree — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 19:07:40 GMT

If the gold hallmark is missing, you have no way of knowing what you bought. You might have paid for 14k but without that hallmark, it could be 10K or 9K or gold over silver. Look it over very carefully, make sure that it's no so small that it's hard to see with the naked eye.

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blackhole99 — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 19:36:10 GMT

If you bought this from QVC I would send it back for another, it's on them if they advertise an item as 14k and it's not hallmarked. I would not pay gold prices for no proof of gold content.

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kittyloo — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 20:53:22 GMT

did you get the rolling bands one?

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Molson — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 21:16:18 GMT

I bought it from QVC

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Molson — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 21:16:51 GMT

Yes

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Molson — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 21:21:16 GMT

I am going to take it to my jeweler. QVC is so wonderful I cannot imagine that this is not the real thing. I will let you know. It is a very pretty ring.

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FancyPhillyshopper — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 22:21:27 GMT

Sometimes the newer marks are very teeny tiny and hidden somewhere inside.

I would use a loupe and examine it carefully.

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January121 — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 23:24:44 GMT

I would send it back ASAP 😃

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chrystaltree — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:16:36 GMT

@Molson wrote:
I am going to take it to my jeweler. QVC is so wonderful I cannot imagine that this is not the real thing. I will let you know. It is a very pretty ring.

QVC is only the retailer and they buy thousands upon thousands of items from jewelry manufacturers all over the world. They could have been cheated and they would have no way of knowing it until they get customer complaints. However, I think the hallmark is so small that your jewelry will use his loupe and find it. I bought a turquoise ring from JTV years ago. I loved that ring and I wore it often, it was not inexpensive and then a couple of years later, I received a letter from JTV. They discovered that ring was reconstituted turquoise, not the genuine turquoise it was sold as. They gave me a choice, return the ring for a refund or accept a 10% discount on a future purchase. I chose the 10%.

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depglass — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 15:06:17 GMT

I believe there is a US law that all gold has to be marked. I also got a letter from JTV on an amethyst ring that wasn't real amethyst.

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crawford5153 — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 23:25:47 GMT

The jeweler can do an acid test on the metal to determine what karat it is. Juat takes a minute but that is strange it is not marked as such. I would feel uncomfortable not knowing.

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Mindy D — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 19:21:29 GMT

@Molson wrote:
I bought the italian tri gold ring. very pretty but ther is no godl mark on the ring. Has anyone else had this happen?

I have a couple of very, very old pieces with no stamp.

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Mindy D — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 19:22:23 GMT

@Molson wrote:
I bought the italian tri gold ring. very pretty but ther is no godl mark on the ring. Has anyone else had this happen?

What is the item number?

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Mindy D — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 19:40:23 GMT

@Molson wrote:
I bought the italian tri gold ring. very pretty but ther is no godl mark on the ring. Has anyone else had this happen?

There are three people asking questions as to why their rings are not stamped. I have a feeling that since the rings are very thin gold that is hollow and that is baked, it does not meet the Italian gold requirements so it couldn’t be stamped there. Just a guess. Guess two is that the small factory neglected to stamp his and QVC got a good price on the lot because of this oversight.

HERE’S THE ANSWER FROM THE WORLD GOLD COUNCIL.” In many other countries, including in Italy, India and China, jewellery hallmarking is voluntary. Gold manufacturers apply their own marks to their creations, to attest to their origin and caratage. This practice pre-dates the modern Italian state in the traditional centres of gold craftsmanship of Italy, such as Arezzo, Vicenza, Valenza or Bassano del Grappa. Here, the manufacturer’s identification mark is composed of a number and the first two letters of his region, as for example, 1 AR for Arezzo. In Switzerland, hallmarking on jewellery is optional except for metal watch cases.” https://www.gold.org/about-gold/about-gold-jewellery/gold-hallmarks

Re: 14K gold stamp missing

Margui — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:38:10 GMT

@Molson : That's a good decision. But if you see the gold is sticking to a magnet is still gold, but also contains nickel, and nickel makes metals attract to magnets. I learnt this by watching a jeweler video on YouTube.

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depglass — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 19:47:04 GMT

I have some magnets that are very strong. I checked many rings in my ring boxes. Not a single one was magnetic, either gold or silver. I'm talking over 200 rings here, 50 are gold. So either I have just lucked out and bought nothing but nickel-free jewelry over 25 years, modern and antique, or the jeweler in that video is passing out poor information.

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depglass — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:34:12 GMT

This thread keeps sticking in my mind. If you still have this ring, take it to a jeweler and they will verify the gold content. They can add the 14K stamp for you. This is if you really want this ring, if its too much bother just send it back. For those that get a ring sized and the K mark gets cut out, be sure the jeweler has replaced it for you.