What is gold?
Cash for Gold buy gold scrap according to its carat and weight. The carat value of gold is measured to international standards of purity.
Cash for Gold will test your gold scrap and pay you according to the carat and weight of your gold.
The Carat (abbreviation k) is a measure of the purity of gold. As a measure of purity, one carat is one twenty-fourth purity by weight:
Therefore 24-carat gold is pure gold (99.99%), 18-carat gold is 75% purity, 12-carat gold is 50% purity, etc.
The carat system is increasingly being complemented or superseded by the millesimal fineness system in which the purity of precious metals is denoted by parts per thousand of pure metal in the alloy.
The most common carats used for gold in bullion and jewellery are:
24 carat (fineness 999/1000) Pure
24 carat (fineness 990/1000) Minimum content for 24 carat
22 carat (fineness 916/1000) Indian subcontinent
21 carat (fineness 875/1000) Arabian country's
20 carat (fineness 833/1000)
19.2 carat (fineness 800/1000) Portugal standard
18 carat (fineness 750/1000)
15 carat (fineness 625/1000)
14.8 carat (fineness 620/1000) Dental gold
14 carat (fineness 585/1000)
14 carat (fineness 583/1000) USA
10 carat (fineness 417/1000) USA minimum
9 carat (fineness 375/1000) British standard
8 carat (fineness 333/1000) Germany (minimum)
Cash for Gold will purchase gold with no hallmarks, foreign gold, gold coins, gold watch casings, broken gold, in fact gold of any description.
It’s easy, quick and the most efficient way for you to turn your scrap gold into cash.
Sell gold today by requesting your pre-paid Royal Mail Special Delivery envelope now, its free!.
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