# Date marks on old British ring

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 21, 2012, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-marks-on-old-british-ring/635376 "2012-09-21T11:01:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-marks-on-old-british-ring/635376/1 "2012-09-21T11:01:56Z")

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My Grangmother left me a ring. I have found out that it has the assay mark of the Newastle office, which closed in 1884, but am having trouble finding out about the date mark. I have found a list of date marks for the Newcastle office for silver. Are they the same for gold or will they be different?

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**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-marks-on-old-british-ring/635376/2 "2012-09-21T11:19:43Z")

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Does your local library have a copy, or can they get a copy of Bradbury’s Book of Hallmarks (ISBN 1872212042) it’s about £150 on Amazon, so probably not worth buying yourself.

The full title is:

Bradbury’s Book of Hallmarks: A Guide to Marks of Origin on English, Scottish and Irish Silver, Gold and Platinum and on Foreign Imported Silver and Gold Plate 1544 to 2010 by Frederick Bradbury

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-marks-on-old-british-ring/635376/3 "2012-09-21T12:33:52Z")

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> [@big\_alex](#):
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> I have found a list of date marks for the Newcastle office for silver. Are they the same for gold or will they be different?

Hallmarks are the same for gold as for silver.

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**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-marks-on-old-british-ring/635376/4 "2012-09-21T22:35:06Z")

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Thank you for your replies.