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Date | Event
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1300 | Hallmarking introduced in UK
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1378 | Town Marks Introduced
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1477 | 18 Carat Replaces 191/5 Carat as Standard Gold
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1478 | Date Letters Introduced
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1478 | London Assay Office Opened
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1544 | Lion Mark Introduced for Sterling Silver
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1575 | 22 Carat Replaces 18 Carat as Standard Gold
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1681 | First Edinburgh Date Letters
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1697 | Britannia Mark Introduced for Silver
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1701 | Castle Mark Introduced for Exeter
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1720 | Sterling Silver Standard Re-admitted
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1731 | Hibernia Mark Introduced for Dublin
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1759 | Thistle Mark Introduced for Edinburgh
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1773 | Birmingham Assay Office Opened
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1773 | Sheffield Assay Office Opened
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1774 | Duty Mark Imposed
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1798 | 18 Carat Reintroduced in Addition to 22 Carat
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1819 | Lion Rampant Mark Introduced for Glasgow
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1842 | Customs Act Requiring Foreign Goods to Have British Hallmark
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1854 | 9 Carat Introduced
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1854 | 12 Carat Introduced
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1854 | 15 Carat Introduced
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1856 | York Assay Office Closed
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1867 | Foreign Mark Introduced
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1882 | Exeter Assay Office Closed
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1890 | Duty Mark Dropped
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1904 | Carat Marks Compulsory on Gold
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1932 | 12 Carat Mark Discontinued
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1932 | 15 Carat Mark Discontinued
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1932 | 14 Carat Introduced
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1934 - 1935 | Silver Jubilee Mark Used
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1952 - 1953 | Silver Jubilee Mark Used
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1953 - 1954 | Coronation Mark Used
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1962 | Chester Assay Office Closed
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1964 | Glasgow Assay Office Closed
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1973 | Hallmarking Act
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1974 | British Hallmarking Council Formed
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1976 | Platinum Mark Introduced
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1976 | UK Ratifies Convention Mark
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1977 | Silver Jubilee Mark Used
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1998 | Revised Hallmarking Acts
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1999 | New Acts Become Effective
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1999 - 2000 | Millennium Mark Used
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