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THE WHAT IS? SILVER DICTIONARY
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SILVER AND GOLD HALLMARKS
THE NETHERLANDS
A silver or gold object that is to be sold commercially is, in most countries, stamped with one or more hallmarks indicating the purity of the metal and the mark of the manufacturer or silversmith
The word "HALLMARK" derives from the fact that, since the 16th century, precious metals were sent to the London Goldsmiths' Hall for testing to ensure that the correct standard of silver had been used. The Goldsmiths' Hall was the headquarters of the Goldsmiths' Company and the home of the Assay Office.
In some countries, the testing of precious metal objects and marking of purity is controlled by a national assay office.
Depending on the national legislation the use of hallmarks may be compulsory, voluntary or provided by a manufacturer's declaration.
The Dutch hallmarking system is organized on a compulsory base.



DUTCH HALLMARKS FROM 1953 TO PRESENT

silver
the Netherlands silver hallmarks
the Netherlands silver hallmark .925 large items the Netherlands silver hallmark .835 large items the Netherlands silver hallmark .835 small items the Netherlands silver hallmark .925 used small items the Netherlands silver hallmark .835 used small items

gold
the Netherlands gold hallmarks



platinum
the Netherlands platinum hallmarks

Assay Office marks
the Netherlands silver Assay Office marks
the Netherlands silver Assay Office mark: Amsterdam the Netherlands silver Assay Office mark: Utrecht the Netherlands silver Assay Office mark: The Hague ('s-Gravenhage) the Netherlands silver Assay Office mark: Rotterdam the Netherlands silver Assay Office mark: Schoonhoven the Netherlands silver Assay Office mark: Gouda
the Netherlands gold & platinumr Assay Office marks

Regional Assay Office mark
Identification letters: A - Amsterdam (closed 1988) B - Utrecht (closed 1986) C - The Hague ('s-Gravenhage) (closed 1988) D - Rotterdam (closed 1988) F - Leeuwarden (closed 1984) H - Arnhem (closed 1970) J - Joure (opened 2002) K - Den Bosch ('s-Hertogenbosch) (closed 1986) M - Schoonhoven (closed 1987) R - Gouda (opened 1988)



date letters
the Netherlands date letters marks from 1953




HALLMARKING CONVENTION
Austria is from 1999 a country member of the Convention on the Control and Marking of Articles of Precious Metals, an international treaty between States on the cross border trade in precious metal articles. It was signed in Vienna in November 1972 and entered into force in 1975.
The Convention's Common Control Mark (CCM) has the same legal status as a national Assay Office mark. The CCM is applied by national Assay Offices to articles of platinum, gold, palladium and silver after the fineness of the alloy has been checked in accordance with agreed testing methods.
Articles bearing the CCM - together with the national Assay Office Mark, the responsibility mark (manufacturer or sponsor) and the fineness mark indicating its purity - do not have to be re-controlled or re-marked in the states members of the Convention.
The Netherlands Common Control Mark (CCM)


THE NETHERLANDS SILVER HALLMARKS 1807-1953

THE NETHERLANDS SILVER MAKER'S MARKS FROM 1814

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