fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 9, 2004 01:43:13 PM
In amongst the piles of sterling silver I found a pair of earrings that are marked with two Chinese characters followed by 999.
I believe they are 24k gold as that is not uncommon in China. 999 stands for 999 parts out of 1000 or .999 fine.
I'm trying to scan the mark but getting a hellacious glare from the scanner.
Anyone know what those two characters might stand for? I have a guess but would appreciate more solid info.
Thanks.
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CBlev65252
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posted on March 9, 2004 01:50:44 PM
fluffy
If you want a real accurate answer, you might want to go to www.gotheborg.com. Very knowledgeable folks there.
I would need to see the marks to even venture to guess.
Cheryl
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stopwhining
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posted on March 9, 2004 02:55:39 PM
trace it on a sheet of paper and then scan the paper.
-sig file -------the lobster in the boiling pot of water who tries to prevent the others from climbing out.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 9, 2004 03:18:56 PM
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stopwhining
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posted on March 9, 2004 03:30:51 PM
the one at the lower corner appears to be the name of the maker and its mark,
the upper one implies pure gold 999.
the left most character is not completely scanned,is there another character to its left??
this is probably made in hong kong.
-sig file -------the lobster in the boiling pot of water who tries to prevent the others from climbing out.
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neroter12
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posted on March 9, 2004 03:31:44 PM
Fluffy, is it the LF Luk Fook mark for chuk kam?
lol..[I] I sounds like I know what I'm talking about right? [/I}
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mitch3
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posted on March 9, 2004 03:33:49 PM
999 maybe Satan
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jwwrs
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posted on March 9, 2004 06:19:06 PM
Quality Marks on Karat Gold Jewelry
Karat mark European marking
Percent pure gold
Ten-karat 10K 417 41.7%
Fourteen-karat 14K 585 58.5%
Eighteen-karat 18K 750 75.0%
Twenty-four karat 24K 999 99.9%
The above are the markings for jewelry sold in the European market. Many items created in China are slated for the Euro market and are marked as such.
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jwwrs
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posted on March 9, 2004 06:22:06 PM
Sorry it didn't show up as a table. I'll try to work on my postings.
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toben88
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posted on March 9, 2004 06:34:24 PM
Its 666 - the mark of the beast.
Beware the anti-christ.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 9, 2004 07:23:28 PM
The earrings and the backs are both marked 999, so I'm fairly sure they're 24k gold.
What I want to know is what the two characters preceding the 999 mean.
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glassgrl
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posted on March 9, 2004 07:35:03 PM
If all you have is a scanner (no camera) try setting your scanner to scan a higher resolution or a larger image and then reduce the size of it, because I can't make out what the characters are on this picture.
I KNOW you said you were having trouble scanning it but this might make it sharper.
Or email me the biggest picture you can and I'll try to tweak it for you.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 9, 2004 07:54:32 PM
Best I can do. Thanks.
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mcjane
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posted on March 9, 2004 08:36:57 PM
Fluffy, you might get some help here where it says Hallmarking. Scroll close to the bottom of the page.
http://www.gold.org/jewellery/technology/assay/index.html
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eastverveinchina
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posted on March 9, 2004 08:38:20 PM
the two character maybe mean
the main body is standard of 999
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kiara
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posted on March 9, 2004 09:17:33 PM
This site mentions Oriental East (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan) gold known as "Chuk Kam" so if you search on that name you may be able to find more about the hallmarks on it.
http://jewellery.keralaglobal.com/purity_of_gold.php
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stopwhining
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posted on March 10, 2004 05:45:01 AM
the 2 characters in front of 999 is not chok kam.
chok kam in chinese means solid gold.
chok=full
kam=gold
the first character is incomplete,the second character implies a certain weight.
you also have smaller strings of characters on top running across horizontally.
but why probe further,you have solid gold,start celebrating!!
-sig file -------the lobster in the boiling pot of water who tries to prevent the others from climbing out.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 10, 2004 07:12:55 AM
Thanks, everyone. Appreciate all the input.
The pair weigh in at 3.2 grams, which is pretty heavy for a pair of earrings that are so small (3/8 inch wide across the flower in front). What is odd is that they are clearly not new, yet the vast majority of jewelry I get is new sterling silver.
I think I'll hang onto them.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 10, 2004 07:19:04 AM
stop: Do you have to go to Hong Kong to buy 24k solid gold jewelry? I found very little of it on eBay.
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stopwhining
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posted on March 10, 2004 07:31:23 AM
most jewelry stores in hong kong sell 24k gold fugurines such as longevity man,dog,cat,monkey(depends on the lunar year,if it is year of monkey,then you see plenty of 24k gold monkey sitting in a lucite case of different sizes),they go by market price plus a markup for labor.
jewelry is usually 14k -22k gold,24k gold you may have to special order,altho i have seen 24k gold chains .
in the tourist area,you can order it today and get it the next day .
prices are negotiable,some stores will post the market price of gold and add a percentage for labor.
they also sell 18k italian gold chains at a good price.
if you go to san francisco chinatown,i bet you will find 24k gold jewelry.
indian jewelry stores carry 22k gold,not sure of 24k gold.
-sig file -------the lobster in the boiling pot of water who tries to prevent the others from climbing out.
[ edited by stopwhining on Mar 10, 2004 07:33 AM ]
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kiara
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posted on March 10, 2004 08:01:14 AM
stopwhining, it's Chuk Kam (not Chok) and the gold content is 990 to 999.
Here is a page I found last evening on the jewelry industry in Hong Kong.
http://www.italtrade.com/countries/asia/hongkong/market3.htm
This site has some interesting links also.
http://www.pamp.ch/gold_c/Info_site/in_glos/in_glos_chukkam.htm
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 10, 2004 08:24:01 AM
if you go to san francisco chinatown,i bet you will find 24k gold jewelry.
I'll bet you're right. Thanks. I wouldn't have thought of that.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 10, 2004 08:26:22 AM
How do you pronounce "chuk kam"?
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neroter12
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posted on March 10, 2004 08:31:37 AM
Fluffy, I bet ya say it real fast like,
Chuck-ham
or
choo-kum
or
shucooem
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stopwhining
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posted on March 10, 2004 08:44:33 AM
cantonese dialect-chuk kam :
without seeing the actual chinese characters of chuk kam,it is hard to say what chuk stands for-
chuk may mean pure,not full
kam is gold.
so chuk kam means pure gold.
if you say chuk kam to a southern chinese who speak cantonese in san fran or hk,they will have no idea what you are saying.
if you say checkk gum,they may guess you are talking gold esp if you wave your gold in their face.
-sig file -------the lobster in the boiling pot of water who tries to prevent the others from climbing out.
[ edited by stopwhining on Mar 10, 2004 08:54 AM ]
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BIGPEEPA
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posted on March 10, 2004 11:40:22 AM
fluffy, test the earrings you must have a gold tester.
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