Gold plating is slightly different from rolled gold. Gold plating is depositing a thin layer of gold onto the surface of another metal like copper or silver by chemical or electrochemical plating. Rolled gold is the same as gold filled where a solid gold layer of gold is bonded with heat and pressure to a metal like brass. So although very similar, the difference is in how the gold is being held to the initial metal.
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Different thickness and different production process.
Rolled gold will last much longer.
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18 karat Rolled Gold Plate...plated one ;)
rolled gold plated
RGP stands for rolled gold plated. An 18 RGP mark on jewelry means the jewelry is not a real 18k gold but only gold plated.
18KRPG stands for 18 Karat Ring Plated Gold: A metal item with a thin layer of gold applied. It means rolled plated gold not ring plated gold
GRP stands for "gold rolled plated," meaning that the jewelry is composed of an inexpensive metal such as brass that has been plated with gold. 10K is the carats of gold in the plating, so in this case the base metal is plated with 10-carat gold.
"It means Gold Rolled Plate, it is not solid gold but plated in 10k." thats not correct
rgp 10 kt means its "rolled gold plated" of the 10 kt variety
10k rgp means 10 karat gold rolled gold plate. In other words, it's gold PLATED.
It is the same as gold plated.
The hallmarking of RPG means Rolled Gold Plated. This hallmarking would indicate the piece has a layer of 18K gold, but is not solid gold
Gold plating is real gold, but not solid gold. Whatever material is being plated (usually silver) is not gold so the item cannot be considered to be solid gold.