Month: March 2013

City of Norwich City of Dundee City of Inverness City of Perth

To be sold as Silver or any other precious metal, all finished items must undergo tests carried...

Seolfor in old Anglo Saxon. The metal with the highest thermal and electrical conductivity of all,...

LONDON, England (1300 – Present) THE LONDON ASSAY OFFICE London Assay Office...

GLASGOW, Scotland (1681 – 1964) SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL SILVER The characteristic traits of a...

EXETER, England (1701 – 1883) Exeter (closed 1883) TABLE OF EXETER DATE LETTERS • 1701...

EDINBURUGH, Scotland (1681 – 1974) THE SCOTTISH ASSAY OFFICE Edinburgh Assay Office...

DUBLIN, Ireland (1636 – Present) Dublin Assay Office Dublin Castle Dublin2 Telephone 00 3531...

DATE LETTERS The date letter system was introduced in London in 1478 (elsewhere as the hallmarking...

An assay office undertakes the job of testing all articles of silver, gold and platinum, to ensure...