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Gold and platinum up double-digits in January hallmarking
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The number of gold and platinum pieces hallmarked in January 2019 increased significantly by 17.9% and 19.1% respectively, according to figures compiled by the Birmingham Assay Office.
The average volume of silver also grew by 2.1% from 425,631 to 437,344, however palladium decreased by 31.4% to 4,481 hallmarked items.
Overall hallmarking in January increased by 8.1% from 692,097 to 748,467 pieces.
| Month Jan-18 | Month Jan-19 | Variance | % | |
| Gold | ||||
| 999 | 105 | 7 | -98 | -98.3 |
| 990 | 6 | 0 | -6 | -100 |
| 916 | 30,993 | 32,464 | 1,471 | 4.7 |
| 750 | 56,703 | 67,023 | 10,320 | 18.2 |
| 585 | 7,418 | 12,450 | 5,032 | 67.8 |
| 375 | 143,797 | 169,808 | 26,011 | 18.1 |
| 239,022 | 281,752 | 42,730 | 17.9 | |
| Silver | ||||
| 999 | 2,814 | 1,011 | -1,803 | -64.1 |
| 958 | 1,273 | 406 | -867 | -68.1 |
| 925 | 421,536 | 435,885 | 14,349 | 3.4 |
| 800 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 300 |
| 425,631 | 437,334 | 11,703 | 2.7 | |
| Platinum | ||||
| 999 | 6 | 5 | -1 | -16.7 |
| 950 | 20,891 | 24,723 | 3,832 | 18.3 |
| 900 | 10 | 42 | 32 | 320 |
| 850 | 1 | 130 | 129 | 12900 |
| 20,908 | 24,900 | 3,992 | 19.1 | |
| Palladium | ||||
| 999 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 950 | 5,087 | 3,466 | -1,621 | -31.9 |
| 500 | 1,448 | 1,014 | -434 | -30 |
| 6,536 | 4,481 | -2,055 | -31.4 | |
| Totals | 692,097 | 748,467 | 56,370 | 8.1 |
