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Informative post on BIS / Hallmarked gold

One of the important fact in the gold jwellery is Hallmark (i.e BIS mark). (From wikipedia -The BIS hallmark is a hallmarking system for gold as well as silver jewellery sold in India certifying to the purity of the metal. It certifies that the piece of jewellery conforms to a set of standards laid by the Bureau of Indian Standards, the national standards organization of India.)

(Information source: BIS Website) BIS hallmark for gold jewellery consists of several components:
  • The BIS logo.
  • A three digit number (out of a set of six pre-defined values) indicating the purity of the gold in part-per-thousand-format viz; 958, 916, 875, 750, 585, 375. Corresponding to 23 carat,22 carat, 21 carat,18 carat,14 carat and 9 carat respectively.
  • Logo of the assaying center.
  • Year of making
  • Jewellers Identification Mark.
The images of BIS mark on jwellery -
BIS mark on earring -




  


11 comments:

  1. I will rather buy a new lens! :D

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    1. Hehehehe :) true :) Even I am not much into gold. Buying a DSLR camera in very near future is my dream. Regarding the post I thought to give it a chance as Hallmarked gold is much in the news. and jwellery courtesy my aunt. :)

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  2. Very Very useful information. And timely aswell. dhanteras is the time most of us buy gold

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    1. That (dhanteras) was the reason I thought to post this today. Thank you very much.Visala :)

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  3. Anonymous1:12 pm

    Pretty Informative Post you have provided..

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  4. I was watching Bachchan endorse this in TVs. Great photography here.

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    1. Yes that was the main inspiration behind this photography. :) Thanks :)

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