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3 results for “Fineness” in Craft
Craft · 22 July 2026
Hallmarks and Assay: How Anyone Proves Gold Is Gold
…terpiece of institutional design — and it is being quietly eroded. · A hallmark certifies fineness verified by an independent third party — not weight, value, age or craftsmanship. · Fire assay remains the referee method; XRF is fast and non-destructive but reads only the surface…
Yusuf Demir · 12 min read
Craft · 5 June 2026
The Alchemy of Craft: What Goldsmiths Know That Machines Don't
…d piece are a compressed provenance record: the sponsor's mark identifying the maker, the fineness in millesimal form, the assay office town mark, and in some systems a date letter. It is the oldest continuously operating consumer protection scheme in existence, running in Britai…
Yusuf Demir · 11 min read
Craft · 3 August 2026
The Wedding-Season Bid: How Jewellery Demand Sets the Floor
…Indian retail standard 1 kg Kilobar size refined specifically for the Asian trade 99.99% Fineness Asian buyers expect on an investment kilobar · Contrarian by construction · Here is the behaviour that confounds people who model gold as a financial asset. When the price rallies h…
Yusuf Demir · 16 min read
