silver

[Immortal298]

does real silver have a hallmark like gold?  what does it look like?  if not, how can u tell if a piece of jewellery is real gold?

[Peter Pedant]

UK answer

yes silver has a hallmark like gold and other precious metal (platinum).

I think you should google hallmark

Basically it should have the place mark, a mark of who made it, and a date mark, (and possibly a few more - purity and duty have been recorded at diffetent times)

But but but - jewellery may not be marked

(but then it cannot lawfully be sold as silver)

[jake-the-peg]

Some silver may not be hallmarked depending where it comes from. However most Western silver will be

http://www.thomas-skipton.co.uk/Hallmarks.htm

Also has hallmarks from Sweden Holland Portugal and Austria.

Stirling silver is 92.5%, Mexican Silver 95%, Britania Silver 95.84 and Fine Silver 99.9%

It is hard to tell if gold is real (which is why it's hallmarked) In the past people used a touchstone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchstone