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The number of gold and platinum pieces hallmarked in July 2018 increased significantly by 12.5% and 20.2% respectively, according to figures compiled by the Birmingham Assay Office.
However, the average volume of silver fell by 22.2% to 331,498 compared with 426,156, while palladium decreased by 21.4% to 6,252 hallmarked items.
Despite this the boost from the number of high value items hallmarked resulted in only a 7% drop overall to 697,411 pieces in July 2018.
| Month Jun -17 | Month Jun -18 | Variance | % | |
| Gold | ||||
| 999 | 8 | 45 | 38 | 400 |
| 990 | 78 | 1 | -77 | -98.7 |
| 916 | 37,223 | 36,689 | -534 | -1.4 |
| 750 | 61,379 | 68,060 | 6,681 | 10.9 |
| 585 | 8,823 | 12,924 | 4,101 | 46.5 |
| 375 | 188,020 | 214,788 | 26,788 | 14.2 |
| 295,532 | 332,507 | 36,975 | 12.5 | |
| Silver | ||||
| 999 | 1,326 | 1,972 | 646 | 48.7 |
| 958 | 994 | 556 | -438 | -44.1 |
| 925 | 423,827 | 328,930 | -94,897 | -22.4 |
| 800 | 9 | 40 | 31 | 344.4 |
| 426,158 | 331,498 | -94,658 | -22.2 | |
| Platinum | ||||
| 999 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -100 |
| 950 | 22,563 | 27,098 | 4,535 | 20.1 |
| 900 | 17 | 46 | 29 | 170.6 |
| 850 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 66.7 |
| 22,587 | 27,154 | 4,567 | 20.2 | |
| Palladium | ||||
| 999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 950 | 6,093 | 5,148 | -945 | -15.5 |
| 500 | 1,661 | 1,104 | -757 | -40.7 |
| 7,954 | 6,262 | -1,702 | -21.4 | |
| Totals | 752,229 | 697,441 | -54,818 | -7.3 |
