# Jewelry Marking Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-marking-question/629060>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 22, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-marking-question/629060 "2012-07-22T18:27:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-marking-question/629060/1 "2012-07-22T18:27:55Z")

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I have recently been watching pawn shop shows on the history channel and trutv" which got me interested in what I had that might be worth something. I dug into my safe and most of my jewelry have clear 10K-18K marking except for one pair of earrings that simply say AU. Did someone just stamp that just to indicate it is gold toned or is their a real gold indicator AU that I am unaware of? Thanks for any help.

( I don’t plan to sell anything to a pawn shop, this was for my personal interest only. )