HALL MARKS
Hall marks are the official marks impressed upon gold and silver articles, testifying to their genuineness and value. The stamping is entrusted to the Goldsmiths’ Company of the City of. London, at Goldsmiths’ Hall, and the marks are the standard of quality, the assay-town’s mark, notification of duty paid, date, maker’s and (some-
times) workman’s mark. The marks are generally changed in May each year. From the marks the exact date of a piece of silver can be told. The diagram shows the date marks for the years named. Other marks on the same silver would be a leonard’s head crowned, the maker’s
mark, and a lion passant. In other periods heads of the reigning sovereigns were shown.
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Southland Times, Issue 23332, 16 October 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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120HALL MARKS Southland Times, Issue 23332, 16 October 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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