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Decoding Your Gold Padlock: Identifying the Date Letter & Hallmarks


Question

gold padlock
hi guys :)
          please can you tell me what the date letter is on my gold padlock? its a very fancy letter u i think.
thank you and regards
Sonya


Answer
In answer to your Date Letter on Gold Padlock question.

G'day Sonya and many thanks for your query.

The photo shows the item was made in London but the date letter is not very clear.

Hallmarks change each year, in batches of 20 - 25 years or so, and this could be 1975 OR 1996.

You should be able to work out which is the correct one by knowing when and where you purchased the item. Simply get a rough period and figure out which is in the correct 'Batch' before pinning it down.

You might also like to add this query to my Jewelry Forum at http://www.online-jewelry-appraisals.net/jewelry-forum/ as other may have had a similar problem.

Can't hurt anyway and who knows what answers you may get.

Hope this helps...