It means the item is gold plated. Gold is applied through a process of passing an electric current through a bath of gold oxide in which the object to be plated is immersed. So, the longer the the process continues for, the thicker the plating. It is measure in microns. Sometimes, the plating is so thin, it wears just through regular handling in a couple of years. Or, the item is simple covered in gold leaf via a non-mechanized process.
Antique copper trays can be hand-hammered and coated in various materials such as silver or gold. They can be circular, square or rectangular and may have handles.
Bronze or other metal coated with gold.
Well, antique gold can be real, it depends on what store you buy it at.
The Stamp YAG Means Gold Coated Silver
The mummies of Egypt were coated in solid gold.
The thing is that, pawn brokers (shoppes), are not antique dealers. If you have antique jewlery, your best bet is an antique dealer. Most antique dealers buy and sell antique jewlery. Pawn shoppes are buying the gold and silver apecifically for the gold and silver content and not for it's value as an antique. Although pawn shoppes pay well for gold and silver, their not generally dealers in antique jewlery. You should check out both pawn shoppes and antique dealers before you sell any antique jewlery.
14K SCC likely refers to 14 karat gold coated sterling silver. This indicates that the jewelry piece is made of sterling silver and coated with a layer of 14 karat gold.
The letters ep mean 'electro-plating'. It's where a piece of jewellery is made from a less valuable metal (silver for example) and then coated in a more expensive metal like gold.
The term 24KGB means that the gold in this item has been coated with another metal other than gold. The price depends on the value of the underlying metal.
Gold.
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Gold is an element. White gold is coated with another element.