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Gold, silver and platinum up in April hallmarking
Both the number of gold and silver pieces hallmarked in April 2019 increased by 6.6% and 3.3% respectively, according to figures compiled by the Birmingham Assay Office.
Gold hallmarked pieces increased from 299,542 to 319,410 and silver items increased from 335,827 to 346,798 during the month.
Additionally, the average volume of platinum grew by 11.7% from 24,462 to 27,317. However palladium decreased significantly by 62.4% to 2073 hallmarked items.
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Overall hallmarking in April increased by 4.5% from 665,344 to 695,598 pieces.
| Month April-18 | Month April-19 | Variance | % | |
| Gold | ||||
| 999 | 40 | 276 | 236 | 590 |
| 990 | 4 | 0 | -4 | 100 |
| 916 | 33,420 | 32,085 | -1,335 | -4 |
| 750 | 66,128 | 69,501 | 3,373 | 5.1 |
| 585 | 15,803 | 14,383 | -1,420 | -9 |
| 375 | 184,147 | 203,165 | 19,018 | 10.3 |
| 299,542 | 319,410 | 19,868 | 6.6 | |
| Silver | ||||
| 999 | 938 | 1,948 | 1,010 | 107.7 |
| 958 | 731 | 973 | 242 | 33.1 |
| 925 | 334,034 | 343,871 | 9,837 | 2.9 |
| 800 | 124 | 6 | -118 | -95.2 |
| 335,827 | 346,798 | 10,971 | 3.3 | |
| Platinum | ||||
| 999 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 300 |
| 950 | 24,417 | 27,266 | 2,849 | 11.7 |
| 900 | 18 | 37 | 19 | 105.6 |
| 850 | 26 | 10 | -16 | -61.5 |
| 24,462 | 27,317 | 2,855 | 11.7 | |
| Palladium | ||||
| 999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 950 | 4,877 | 1,405 | -3,472 | -71.2 |
| 500 | 636 | 668 | 32 | 5 |
| 5,513 | 2,073 | -3,440 | -62.4 | |
| Totals | 665,344 | 695,598 | 30,254 | 4.5 |
