Silver Hallmarking- Want to buy Silver jewellery? Then todays article is made for you. The government has started the rule of hallmarking for silver jewelery like gold from September 1, 2025. However, hallmarking will not be mandatory for silver. If you want, you can ask for hallmarked silver from the shopkeeper.
Apart from this, you can also buy silver without hallmark. Under the rules of hallmarking, silver will also have a 6-digit unique HUID code, which will make it easy to know how pure the silver you are buying is. Today we will know here how to identify hallmarking on silver jewelery and other things.
How to identify hallmarking of silver?
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has set 6 new standards for the purity of silver – 800, 835, 900, 925, 970 and 990. According to BIS, hallmarking on silver jewellery will include 3 important things. First of all, there will be the BIS mark and ‘SILVER’ will be written with it. Right next to this, the grade of silver will be written like 800, 835, 900, 925, 970 and 990. Let us tell you that this grade will be an indication of how pure the silver you are buying is. Silver with 990 grade will be the purest silver. The last and third thing in hallmarking will be a 6-digit alphanumeric code. This code can be a combination of digits, alphabets or both.
Let us tell you that the government has started the rule of hallmarking to protect the common people from fraud while buying silver. Many people complain that the silver jewellery they have bought is adulterated. Shopkeepers take money for pure silver from customers and sell them jewellery made of adulterated silver. Hallmarking will make it clear how pure your silver is and how adulterated it is. Let us tell you that metals like copper and nickel are mixed in silver jewellery.