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Heavy Gold Electroplated ... not worth anything!
Heavy Gold electroplate - electrolytic plating of gold plating with a minimum thickness of 2.5 microns, may be marked or described as heavy gold electroplate or heavy gold electroplated.
This means that the ring is matt gold electroplated. The 18k is the amount of gold that is found in the ring.
It basically means the ring is electroplated with 18kt gold not solid gold as per the more expensive rings! The term "karatclad" is also a tip-off that the item is electroplated rather than solid gold.
It means 18kt gold electroplated.
It probably means that the ring is 18 karat gold electroplated, not solid gold.
14 KE on a ring means that it is electroplated with 14k gold. Basically, there is only a plating on the outside that is gold.
HGEA means heavy gold electroplated alloy, in other words a cheap fake ring. A ring stamped with this hallmark is usually made of an inexpensive base metal like copper and then plated with a very thin skin of gold. The amount of gold used to plate the ring is almost nonexistent and therefore usually worthless.
It could mean gold electroplated with 10K gold. And, if the band is plated, the stone is not a diamond.
If there is a marking of 18kge on a ring, it means that the ring has 18 karat gold electroplate or kge. 18K gold has a content of 75 percent pure gold and the rest of the percentage are other metals like copper. The ring is merely electroplated by 18karat gold and not made of 18k gold.
if it is heavy
18k HGE on a ring signifies '18 karat heavy gold electroplate.' While it suggests a gold coating, the value is primarily associated with the underlying base metal rather than the gold layer, making it less valuable than solid gold jewelry.