{"id":22963,"date":"2024-09-06T15:02:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T15:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.serendipitydiamonds.com\/blog\/?p=22963"},"modified":"2024-09-07T10:21:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T10:21:19","slug":"800-gold-stamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.serendipitydiamonds.com\/blog\/800-gold-stamp\/","title":{"rendered":"800 Gold Stamp – A Guide for Antique Gold Jewellery Buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What does it mean and where to find it.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The 800 Gold stamp indicates a gold item has a fineness of 80% gold or 800 grams of gold per 1000 grams of weight. It can be described as 19.2-carat Gold. The stamp originates from one of the three Portuguese Assay Offices\u2014Porto, Lisbon and Gondomar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 800 Gold stamp appears on many antique items of Gold jewellery from 1938 onwards, recorded in the Portuguese Assay Office historic hallmark information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Detailed illustration of the 800 Gold stamp originating from Portugal. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Where to find the 800 Gold Stamp.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To find the 800 Gold mark, you need sharp eyes or a strong lens\u2014preferably a 10x loupe. This often tiny hallmark appears discreetly, sometimes applied to a link or less visible part of the jewellery item. Our main image shows the stamp on a link from a small gold charm. Our image has been magnified to provide an example of the hallmark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the head shown above the 800 mark?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Due to the hallmark’s size, the boundary box’s shape, or cartouche, many collectors struggle to find it, but from the illustration above, the mark clearly shows a snarling hound with his tongue out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appearance of a Stag and 800.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some Portuguese Gold jewellery items feature a stag with antlers and the same 800 number. Interestingly, this edition of the hallmark dates from 1998. For this reason, items with the hound and 800 mark pre-date items with the stag symbol. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

View some of our pre-loved collections on our showroom website including a selection of antique gold jewellery items for sale. <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why does 800 mean – 19.2 Carat Gold<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As most of us know, 100% Gold is 24 carat. And, 18ct Gold includes 75% total Gold<\/a> as indicated by a 750 Gold Stamp. And 375 Gold has 37.5% Gold content<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore 800 Gold is 80% pure. Or, has 800 parts per 1000. 80% of 24 carats is therefore 19.2 carats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What does it mean and where to find it. The 800 Gold stamp indicates a gold item has a fineness of 80% gold or 800 grams of gold per 1000 grams of weight. It can be described as 19.2-carat Gold. The stamp originates from one of the three Portuguese Assay Offices\u2014Porto, Lisbon and Gondomar. The Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[590],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.serendipitydiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.serendipitydiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.serendipitydiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.serendipitydiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.serendipitydiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22963"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.serendipitydiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22980,"href":"https:\/\/www.serendipitydiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22963\/revisions\/22980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.serendipitydiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.serendipitydiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.serendipitydiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.serendipitydiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}