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Paragraph 3 F1

United Kingdom

Optional pictorial mark

Precious metalStandard of finenessPictorial mark
(1)(2)(3)
Gold375A crown
Gold585A crown
Gold750A crown
Gold916.6A crown
Gold990A crown
Gold999A crown
Silver925A lion passant. In the case of an article struck by the Edinburgh Assay Office, the reference to a lion passant shall be treated as a reference to a lion rampant.
Silver958.4The figure of Britannia or a lion passant. In the case of an article struck by the Edinburgh Assay Office, the reference to a lion passant shall be treated as a reference to a lion rampant.
Silver999The figure of Britannia or a lion passant. In the case of an article struck by the Edinburgh Assay Office, the reference to a lion passant shall be treated as a reference to a lion rampant.
Platinum950An orb surmounted by a cross
Platinum999An orb surmounted by a cross
F2Palladium500The head of Pallas Athene
Palladium950The head of Pallas Athene
Palladium999The head of Pallas Athene

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 2 Pt. I substituted (1.1.1999) by S.I. 1998/2978, reg. 2(15).

F2

Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 3 inserted (22.7.2009) by Hallmarking Act 1973 (Application to Palladium) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2040), art. 1, Sch. para. 7(3)