June hallmarking jumps 12.3%
The total number of hallmarked items surged 12.3% in June, an increase of 94,023 articles when compared with the same month in 2014.
This is according to data released today by the four UK assay offices – and compiled by the Birmingham Assay Office – which found the total number of gold articles hallmarked was up 15.4%, while silver and platinum were up 10.3% and 16.1% respectively.
During the month there was a total number of 2,439,316 articles hallmarked compared with 2,248,583 in June last year, and palladium was the only metal to record a decline – down by 23.8%.
The data also showed the the hallmarking statistics for the second quarter of 2015 – ending June 30 – which showed an overall growth in total number of articles hallmarked by 8.5%.
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All office hallmarking figures for June:
| Month | Month | Variance | % | |||
| Jun-14 | Jun-15 | |||||
| Gold | ||||||
| 999 | 34 | 83 | 49 | 144.1 | ||
| 990 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | ||
| 916 | 40,724 | 48,500 | 7,776 | 19.1 | ||
| 750 | 67,346 | 73,141 | 5,795 | 8.6 | ||
| 585 | 6,680 | 7,863 | 1,183 | 17.7 | ||
| 375 | 240,059 | 279,958 | 39,899 | 16.6 | ||
| 354,843 | 409,548 | 54,705 | 15.4 | |||
| Silver | ||||||
| 999 | 1,855 | 3,783 | 1,928 | 103.9 | ||
| 958 | 1,446 | 2,102 | 656 | 45.4 | ||
| 925 | 373,328 | 409,529 | 36,201 | 9.7 | ||
| 800 | 155 | 20 | -135 | -87.1 | ||
| 376,784 | 415,434 | 38,650 | 10.3 | |||
| Platinum | ||||||
| 999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | ||
| 950 | 21,198 | 24,610 | 3,412 | 16.1 | ||
| 900 | 8 | 23 | 15 | 187.5 | ||
| 850 | 13 | 1 | -12 | -92.3 | ||
| 21,219 | 24,634 | 3,415 | 16.1 | |||
| Palladium | ||||||
| 999 | – | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 950 | 9,207 | 6851 | -2,356 | -25.6 | ||
| 500 | 2,334 | 1943 | -391 | -16.8 | ||
| 11,541 | 8794 | -2,747 | -23.8 | |||
| TOTAL | 764,387 | 858,410 | 94,023 | 12.3 |
All office hallmarking figures for quarter 2:
| Quarter | Quarter | Variance | % | |||
| Jun-14 | Jun-15 | |||||
| Gold | ||||||
| 999 | 157 | 209 | 52 | 33.1 | ||
| 990 | 6 | 84 | 78 | 1300.0 | ||
| 916 | 112,005 | 135,549 | 23,544 | 21.0 | ||
| 750 | 202,090 | 213,038 | 10,948 | 5.4 | ||
| 585 | 20,448 | 25,756 | 5,308 | 26.0 | ||
| 375 | 731,334 | 798,745 | 67,411 | 9.2 | ||
| 1,066,040 | 1,173,381 | 107,341 | 10.1 | |||
| Silver | ||||||
| 999 | 5,227 | 6,251 | 1,024 | 19.6 | ||
| 958 | 2,871 | 4,125 | 1,254 | 43.7 | ||
| 925 | 1,071,514 | 1,154,778 | 83,264 | 7.8 | ||
| 800 | 224 | 281 | 57 | 25.4 | ||
| 1,079,836 | 1,165,435 | 85,599 | 7.9 | |||
| Platinum | ||||||
| 999 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | ||
| 950 | 66,174 | 72,562 | 6,388 | 9.7 | ||
| 900 | 15 | 41 | 26 | 173.3 | ||
| 850 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 33.3 | ||
| 66,205 | 72,624 | 6,419 | 9.7 | |||
| Palladium | ||||||
| 999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | ||
| 950 | 27,449 | 22365 | -5,084 | -18.5 | ||
| 500 | 9,053 | 5511 | -3,542 | -39.1 | ||
| 36,502 | 27876 | -8,626 | -23.6 | |||
| TOTAL | 2,248,583 | 2,439,316 | 190,733 | 8.5 |
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