What does N mean on gold jewelry?

What does N mean on gold jewelry?

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“N” – natural (NOT ENHANCED)

What do the letters NR mean on jewelry?

Actually NR stands for Nancy & Rise of New York (a husband & wife team in New York that created jewelry in the 1980s).

What does N C 14k mean?

This means the piece of jewelry should be 92.5% pure silver mixed with another metal, usually copper. This is simply the symbol for 92.5 sterling silver (925) and the maker’s mark (nc). The 14k KC means simply 14k gold (14k) and the makers mark (KC).

What does the number 14K mean on a ring?

Some relatively low number. This usually indicates the ring size. A lot of jewelry will have several stamps or marks. Often there is one stamp to indicate the purity of the gold (“14K”, as mentioned above). The purity mark can be accompanied by a second mark called a maker’s mark or a jeweller’s stamp.

What do the numbers mean on gold jewelry?

Authentic gold jewelry should have a stamp to indicate the purity of the gold in the piece. This mark can be in several different formats. For example: 585, 14kt and 14K all mean 14 karat gold. All of these formats are easy to understand, except possibly the 3 digit number format. These numbers tell how pure the gold is.

What does 14K mean on a sterling silver stamp?

This is simply the symbol for 92.5 sterling silver (925) and the maker’s mark (nc). The 14k KC means simply 14k gold (14k) and the makers mark (KC). There have been thousands of maker’s marks, so if you need to know who the maker is, it will take some research to discover this. I’ve also seen questions like what does 14k GP mean?

What does 10K mean on a gold ring?

Rae – GF stands for “Gold filled”, which means that this piece is plated with gold and has some other metal underneath. The “1/20” means that 1/20th of the total weight (or 5%) is real gold. The 10k simply stands for 10 karat, which is the purity of the gold plating.