It's a fake. Those are paperweights made of brass.
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9999 gold necklace with a 9999 gold cross price tag
It's the purity of the gold, as a decimal fraction. .9999 means the ring is 99.99% pure. That surprises me a bit, though, because jewelry is normally not made of gold that fine because it would be too soft for normal wearing.
Gold that is stamped with ".9999" refers to the purity of gold. This particular number indicates that the piece is 99.99 percent pure gold.
1 Gram of .9999% of gold is curently worth $2500.00 considering.
Visit a gold dealer.
9999 is a hallmark used to indicate that gold jewelry is made from pure 24-karat gold, which is the highest level of purity possible. This means that the gold is not alloyed with any other metals.
It is 99.99% pure gold this is the finest purity gold can be refined to.
10p
.9999 is 10 times purer (10 times less impurities).
The difference is almost unmeasurable in terms of real value. Minting companies have used the extra 9 as a means to increase perceived value and show off refining technology which is somewhat of a marketing ploy really. Gold refined at 9999 was introduced by the Canadian Mint in the 1980's, in fact some coins produced in 1979 and 1980 at .999 are rumoured to be have a higher purity than the current issues of .9999.