Gold is now seen just about everywhere, from the traditional jewelry and coins, to items such as cars, food, and computers. More than ever before, fool’s gold, or plastic copies are being “faked baked” so that you can look great, and like you spend a lot of money when you are really just wearing knock offs. With all of these 2nd rate knock offs, sometimes it may be hard to tell what is real gold and what is fake. It can be especially hard to differentiate on items that are not typically made of, or plated with Gold. Here are some commonly known ways to determine if your gold item is real or fake and some of the crazy places you can now find gold items.
Tips for Determining the Gold Content of an Item:
o Gold Marked 10kt (.417), 12kt (.50), 14kt (.583),18kt (.750),22kt (.917) or 24kt (.999)
Most Gold Items are required to be marked as such.
Non Gold Items will be marked as:
o 1/10GF or 1/20 GF – These items are gold filled and have only 10% or 5% gold content
o EGP or GP – These items are gold plated and contain only small amounts of gold
o Speidel, Monet, Avon, Napier, Trifari, Sarah Coventry and Swank – These items are considered costume jewelry
Gold has had one of the highest years ever in the market, and now is the perfect time to sell your crazy, weird, or even your boring normal gold items to Check City. We can offer you 2 to 3 times more for your gold precious metal items than many other cash for gold places. Through our Gold Buying Program we will even take your silver, platinum or broken and mismatched items. Bring any of them into a Check City Location near you or send them into our online gold buying website. Bring us your precious metal items and walk out the door with cash.
