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Gold Markings and Stamps on Jewelry
by: Eileen

I found these online:

18K HGE on jewelry means the item is electroplated with 18 karat gold, and the "HGE" stands for "High Grade Electroplate" or "Heavy Gold Electroplate". Plated gold is measured by the number of gold molecules around the ring, and pieces with this marking have very little gold.

Common marks to identify gold-plated jewelry are "18KGP" or "18KGF," where the letters "GP" or "GF" stand for "gold plated" or "gold filled." Manufacturers bond a layer of 18 Karat gold onto a base such as brass or copper.

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A in a Circle
by: Anonymous

If you look at the jewelry made by Anna (the Israeli designer) her jewelry is nothing like the costume jewelry rings that most of us have marked with the 18k HGE.

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Can’t find any info on the A in circle
by: Randall

I found the same thing in gravel empty parking lot. It’s white gold 18KTH.G.E. and then a circle with capital A. There are 22 small diamonds surrounding a light blue rectangular stone in center and all diamonds stick out and rest on a finger like base. At that base it looks like they got heavy with the white gold plating because it’s a little caked up there on both sides of cathedral type base. I’ve searched a few times online over the last couple of years with no luck. Found in Louisiana. Any clues? Next to diamonds there are little tips that bead up at each white stone.

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Letter date table
by: Merlin

https://www.silvercollection.it/DICTIONARYEUHALLMARKNETHERLANDSOLD.HTML

See this table for some examples

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Letter date?
by: Anonymous

Only think I have found is Netherlands letter dates from 1863-1953. There are a few different styles the correspond to specific dates. See the table at address below. Although an A inside a Circle does seem like a potentially common mark, I haven’t found it in any other searches.

https://www.silvercollection.it/DICTIONARYEUHALLMARKNETHERLANDSOLD.HTML

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I Too Have A Ring...
by: Anonymous

That has the same markings "18KHGE"with an encircled capital "A". It was my grandmother's and she was born in 1923. Not sure when she acquired it or how because I found it after she died.
It was difficult to make out all of the letters bc they are placed in an awkward spot. Thanks to this post I was able to put it all together.

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A in a circle
by: Anonymous

I’ve been looking for the maker of this mark too; the capital A in a circle of an 18KHGE ring. It is NOT Ana Bekoach. Ana B’koach is a prayer, not a person. Has anyone found the A in a circle maker yet?

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"A" in a circle= Ana BeKoach Kabbalah Jewelry
by: Eileen

A capital letter A inside a circle indicates the maker's mark of Ana Bekoach, Israeli Kabbalah jewelry. The pieces have heavy gold electroplate.

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Same
by: Anonymous

I have a few estate pieces stamped 18kgp, followed by what looks like a capital a. Searching the world encyclopedia I found a makers mark to show that the ring is accompanied by a lozenge or barrel cut stone, which is true of one of the pieces, the other, not so much.

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