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The number of gold and platinum pieces hallmarked in April 2018 increased significantly by 12.1% and 10.9% respectively, according to figures compiled by the Birmingham Assay Office.
However, the average volume of silver fell by 13.8% to 335,827 compared with 389,707, while palladium decreased by 21.6% to 5,513 hallmarked items.
Despite this the boost from the number of high value items hallmarked resulted in only a 3% drop overall to 665,344 pieces in April 2018.
| Month Apr -17 | Month Apr -18 | Variance | % | |
| Gold | ||||
| 999 | 52 | 40 | -12 | -23.1 |
| 990 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 300 |
| 916 | 37,113 | 33,420 | -3,693 | -10 |
| 750 | 60,898 | 66,128 | 5,230 | 8.6 |
| 585 | 7,271 | 15,803 | 8,532 | 117.3 |
| 375 | 161,916 | 184,147 | 22,231 | 13.7 |
| 267,251 | 299,542 | 32,291 | 12.1 | |
| Silver | ||||
| 999 | 1,803 | 938 | -865 | -48 |
| 958 | 859 | 731 | -128 | -14.9 |
| 925 | 387,034 | 334,034 | -53,000 | -13.7 |
| 800 | 11 | 124 | 113 | 1027.3 |
| 389,707 | 335,827 | -53,880 | -13.8 | |
| Platinum | ||||
| 999 | 11 | 1 | -10 | -90.9 |
| 950 | 22,019 | 24,417 | 2,398 | 10.9 |
| 900 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 50 |
| 850 | 11 | 26 | 15 | 136.4 |
| 22,053 | 24,462 | 2,409 | 10.9 | |
| Palladium | ||||
| 999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 950 | 5,752 | 4,877 | -875 | -15.2 |
| 500 | 1,276 | 636 | -640 | -50.2 |
| 7,028 | 5,513 | -1,515 | -21.6 | |
| Totals | 686,039 | 665,344 | -20,695 | -3 |
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