The numbers mean “carat weight“. It’s the carat weight of the diamond(s) in your ring. If you have a diamond solitaire and you see . 50 stamped inside the ring, that means the diamond is 1/2 carat. These numbers should match the carat weight listed on your receipt, certificate or appraisal.

How is 14K gold marked?

Gold jewelry sold in the U.S. typically is 10, 12, 14, 18 or 22 karat, marked with the number followed by a letter K . The mark — for instance, “14K” — typically is stamped on a place that doesn’t show when the jewelry is worn, such as the inside of a gold ring or on the clasp of a gold necklace.

What does a 585 stamped on jewelry mean?

The marking 585 means no more than 585 out of 1000 parts are made of pure gold. That means 58.5 % of a piece with a 585 marking contains pure gold, also called fine gold. Basically it’s 14 karat gold. Some jewelry is even marked with both stamps: a 585 stamp and a 14K stamp.

What does 14k gold mean on a ring?

When it comes to building your nest egg, you have more options than you may think. This stamp stands for 14 karat plumb gold. In this case, plumb has a meaning similar to complete. This stamp means that the piece contains at least 14K of pure gold per 24 parts, no less. 14K 585, or simply “585.”

What does 18K mean on a gold necklace?

It almost always has the karat fineness of the plating listed, i.e. 18K GP. HGE – this is the abbreviation for high grade electroplate, which is another way of denoting that the jewelry you are looking at is not solid gold. These pieces also generally display the karat fineness of the gold.

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.

How many parts are in a 10K piece of gold?

417, 585, or 750 – this is just another way of telling us the gold content. However, instead of referring to how many parts out of 24 are pure gold, this number is now out of 1,000. So for 10K gold jewelry, 417 out of 1,000 parts are pure gold. For 14K gold jewelry, 585 parts out of 1,000 are pure gold.