Four Signs of Hallmarking
If even one of these four marks is not on the jewellery, then it will be understood that the purity of the gold that the jewellers is showing you is not certified and it is possible that you are being cheated. So, these four marks will tell whether gold is hallmarked or not.
- Mark of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
- Gold Carat
- Hallmarking Centre Identification
- Jeweller’s Code
The full form of BIS is Bureau of Indian Standards, in Hindi it means Bureau of Indian Standards. BIS is a Bureau of Indian Standards hall mark which is stamped on precious metals in our India.
Friends, a code of BIS Hallmark is written about the percentage of pure precious metals and the percentage of adulterated metals in it, so that its customer can know that the percentage of pure metals is pure. With the help of Hallmark code, it is measured in 22 carats
like gold is marked 936 with the help of Hallmark code. So, it means that it contains 93.6% pure gold and the rest is adulterated. Similarly, a number of hallmark code is put on all precious metals, so that we get to know its purity. So, these are the fact you should while buying a jewellery.
