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Assay office

Index Assay office

Assay offices are institutions set up to assay (test the purity of) precious metals, in order to protect consumers. [1]

33 relations: Assay Office (Boise, Idaho), Étienne Boileau, Birmingham Assay Office, British Hallmarking Council, Consumer, Denver Mint, Dublin Assay Office, Edinburgh Assay Office, Federal government of the United States, Gold, Hallmark, Hallmarking Act 1973, Institution, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Leipzig, List of mayors of Paris, Louis IX of France, Metallurgical assay, Palladium, Philadelphia Mint, Platinum, San Francisco Mint, Sheffield Assay Office, Silver, Silver hallmarks, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, SWEDAC, United Kingdom, United States Code, West Point Mint, William I of the Netherlands, Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, 32 Old Slip.

Assay Office (Boise, Idaho)

The Assay Office is a historic building at 210 Main Street in Boise, Idaho.

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Étienne Boileau

Étienne Boileau (1200 or 1210 – April 1270) was one of the first known provosts of Paris.

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Birmingham Assay Office

The Birmingham Assay Office, one of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom, is located in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham.

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British Hallmarking Council

The British Hallmarking Council (BHC) is the organisation responsible for supervising hallmarking in the United Kingdom.

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Consumer

A consumer is a person or organization that use economic services or commodities.

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Denver Mint

The Denver Mint is a branch of the United States Mint that struck its first coins on February 1, 1906.

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Dublin Assay Office

The Dublin Assay Office was established in 1637 to supervise the assaying of all gold and silver throughout the whole Kingdom of Ireland, when the Dublin Company of Goldsmiths was founded by Royal Charter (13CharlesI), re-establishing the medieval Guild of All Saints.

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Edinburgh Assay Office

The Edinburgh Assay Office is the last remaining Assay Office in Scotland and one of four which remain in the United Kingdom.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government) is the national government of the United States, a constitutional republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D.C. (the nation's capital), and several territories.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally.

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Hallmark

A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of metal, mostly to certify the content of noble metals—such as platinum, gold, silver and in some nations, palladium.

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Hallmarking Act 1973

The Hallmarking Act 1973 makes up the bulk of modern law regarding the assaying and hallmarking of metals in the United Kingdom.

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Institution

Institutions are "stable, valued, recurring patterns of behavior".

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Kingdom of the Netherlands

The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), commonly known as the Netherlands, is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with the large majority of its territory in Western Europe and with several small island territories in the Caribbean Sea, in the West Indies islands (Leeward Islands and Lesser Antilles).

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Leipzig

Leipzig is the most populous city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany.

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List of mayors of Paris

The Mayor of Paris (Maire de Paris) is the chief executive of Paris, the capital and largest city in the France.

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Louis IX of France

Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly known as Saint Louis, was King of France and is a canonized Catholic and Anglican saint.

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Metallurgical assay

A metallurgical assay is a compositional analysis of an ore, metal, or alloy.

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Palladium

Palladium is a chemical element with symbol Pd and atomic number 46.

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Philadelphia Mint

The Philadelphia Mint was created from the need to establish a national identity and the needs of commerce in the United States.

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Platinum

Platinum is a chemical element with symbol Pt and atomic number 78.

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San Francisco Mint

The San Francisco Mint is a branch of the United States Mint and was opened in 1854 to serve the gold mines of the California Gold Rush.

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Sheffield Assay Office

The Sheffield Assay Office is one of the four remaining assay offices in the United Kingdom, the other three being in London, Birmingham, and Edinburgh.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag (from the Latin argentum, derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47.

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Silver hallmarks

A silver object that is to be sold commercially is, in most countries, stamped with one or more silver hallmarks indicating the purity of the silver, the mark of the manufacturer or silversmith, and other (optional) markings to indicate date of manufacture and additional information about the piece.

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SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden

The SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, in Swedish SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut, is a joint stock company, fully owned by the Swedish government.

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SWEDAC

Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment (Styrelsen för ackreditering och teknisk kontroll, SWEDAC) is the national accreditation body, assessing the competence of laboratories, certification and inspection bodies in Sweden.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States Code

The Code of Laws of the United States of America (variously abbreviated to Code of Laws of the United States, United States Code, U.S. Code, U.S.C., or USC) is the official compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States.

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West Point Mint

The West Point Mint Facility was erected in 1937 near the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, United States.

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William I of the Netherlands

William I (Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was a Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

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Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths

The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths is one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies of the City of London.

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32 Old Slip

32 Old Slip, also known as One Financial Square, is a skyscraper in the Financial District of New York City.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assay_office

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