
1) Authentication 2) Badge 3) Criterion 4) Style mark 5) Trademark 6) Trait
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1) Characteristic 2) Defining characteristic 3) Distinguishing feature 4) Distinguishing trait 5) Earmark 6) Exclusively Saxon word 7) Exclusively Anglo word 8) Greeting card company 9) Identifying feature 10) Precious metal 11) Stylemark 12) Trademark 13) Typical feature or quality 14) Word of purely Anglo origin
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- a distinctive characteristic or attribute
- a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity
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A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of precious metals—platinum, gold, silver and in some nations, palladium. In a more general sense, the term hallmark can also be used to refer to any distinguishing characteristic or trait. ==General overview== Historically, hallmarks were applied by a trusted party: the `gu....
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A distinguishing characteristic.
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Official marks of an assay office or guild that is stamped on articles with a precious metal content. In the modern age the term applies more to the complete set of marks found on an article of gold, silver or platinum and usually includes a date mark and the makers mark. Hallmarking systems exist throughout europe and america.
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This is a stamped mark applied to items of jewellery and silverware by the Assay Offices of Britain as a guarantee of authenticity. The mark consists of four components:
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symbol or series of symbols stamped on an article of gold or silver to denote that it conforms to legal standards that define the maximum proportion ... [2 related articles]
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Mark or stamp on a bullion item that identifies the producer.
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A system of marks impressed on silver or gold items by an Assay Office with the purpose of establishing its purity. In Britain, the hallmark consists of the assay mark (e.g. the lion passant for sterling silver) and other symbols denoting the place of assay, date, and maker. With its comprehensive records, the system helps the public to identify it...
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Mark, or marks, on gold (and silver) jewellery and other fabricated products.which indicate the producer and carat fineness.
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A hallmark is an official mark stamped on British gold, silver, and (from 1913) platinum.
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See assay mark
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[
n] - a distinctive characteristic or attribute
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trademark noun a distinctive characteristic or attribute
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The official mark struck on a piece of silver or gold by an assay office or guild as a guarantee of it's standard of purity. So named from its original use at Goldsmiths' Hall in London.
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Official mark stamped on British gold, silver, and (from 1913) platinum, instituted in 1327 (royal charter of London Goldsmiths) in order to prevent fraud. After 1363 personal marks of identification were added. Now tests of metal content are carried out at authorized assay offices in London, Birmingham, Sheffield, and Edinburgh; each assay off...
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Mark, or marks, on gold (and silver) jewellery and other fabricated products.which indicate the producer and carat fineness.
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A distinguishing characteristic.
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Is an official stamp or signature on gold, silver or platinum that certifies, from an independent body or representitives there of, the degree of purity. It has certainly been used since the middle ages (1200+) as a guarantee of purity and probably as far back as late Roman times (400AD). Most Western Government governments have strict laws on what...
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Mark or stamp on a bullion item that identifies the producer.
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a distinctive characteristic or attribute
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